The US legislature was to confirm the presidential nomination of Adm. Lisa Franchetti as the 33rd Chief of Naval Operations. Finally, during a modest ceremony at the Pentagon on November 2, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro swore in Adm. Lisa Franchetti as the 33rd Chief of Naval Operations. She will be the first female to hold this position, as well as the second female in the past of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after Adm. Linda Fagan, commander of the Coast Guard.