James F. McCarthy

Mr. McCarthy is currently the Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Integration of Capabilities and Resources on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. His mission is to exercise centralized supervision of Navy warfare requirements, allocation of resources, program planning, and study efforts to ensure integration of planning, programming, budgeting, and assessments within OPNAV and the management echelons subordinate to CNO. Mr. McCarthy serves as the principal OPNAV Staff Executive for matters (other than JCS). He entered the Senior Executive Service in January 2007 after 28 years as a Navy nuclear trained surface warfare officer – serving from 1979 to 2007. He retired from active duty as a Captain. Mr. McCarthy’s first SES assignment was as the Deputy Director for Warfare Integration on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. He was responsible for; management of the process that supports assessment of relative warfighting systems’ investment priorities, developing the Navy Shipbuilding plan, and integrating the overall warfighting procurement budgets from the various individual warfare sponsors. In addition, he and his staff supervise and resource the Navy’s in-service ship disposition process and provide the Congress with the Navy’s Long-Range Shipbuilding Plan supporting ship procurement through the next 30 years. His Naval service included command of Pre-Commissioning Unit DDG75 and then USS DONALD COOK (DDG 75) from 1997-2000. His major surface command was USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG 57) where he also served as the Air Warfare Commander for the STENNIS Battle Group between 2003 and 2005. Mr. McCarthy was also a nuclear trained surface warfare officer serving in several complex nuclear assignments. In addition, he holds a proven sub-specialty in financial management, which was achieved as a result of his having earned an MBA and subsequently serving in 4 separate assignments in the Pentagon totaling over 9 years of duty associated with DoN and DoD budget formulation. Mr. McCarthy graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering in 1979. While completing his first Pentagon tour as a part of the OPNAV Programming Directorate, he was awarded a Master of Business Administration (Finance) and received his Financial Management sub-specialty designation. He is a distinguished graduate of the Air War College. Mr. McCarthy’s Navy decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal (1997), Meritorious Civilian Service Award (2007), Legion of Merit (3 awards), Joint Meritorious Service Medal (1996), Meritorious Service Medal (3 awards), Navy Commendation Medal (3 awards)and the Navy Achievement Medal (2 awards).