In a move that rattled Annapolis, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has abruptly removed Vice Adm. Yvette Davids—the first woman and first Hispanic-American to serve as superintendent—from her post at ...

The Naval Academy’s superintendent typically serves for three to four years. Adm. Yvette Davids is being removed after a year ...

Can a leadership change turn almost two centuries of tradition around? That is what is occurring at the U.S. Naval Academy, ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz to praise Israel’s military and affirm continued ...

Vice Adm. Yvette Davids is out as superintendent of the Naval Academy. The surprise isn't that she's leaving but that an administration invested in ideological purity didn't get her before now.

Vice Adm. Yvette Davids has led the Naval Academy since January 2024, and is about 18 months into serving in a job that typically rotates about every three to four years.

The change in the head of the prestigious sevice academy is the latest in military personnel moves by the Trump administration.