Hung Cao named to direct vast reforms of the Navy and the Marine Corps

The secretary of the Navy, John C. Phelan, called on the new under-secretary to the Navy, Hung Cao, to direct a radical overhaul of the service and “energize the navy and the body of the Marines”, in particular by modernizing its activities and its computer systems.

Cao, who was sworn in on October 3 by the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, returns to the Ministry of the Navy with the direct order to “reduce administrative formalities and raise standards”.

Phelan said in a shared note exclusively with Fox News Digital that reforms aim to “refine the preparation state, to repair more quickly and to give priority to sailors, navies and their families” as well as to restore the warrior ethos of the navy and the body of the navies.

Cao, a former captain of the American navy, is also a well-known republican figure, which presented itself in the American Senate in Virginia in 2024 and 2025, was appointed by Trump and confirmed as undersecretary of the 35th Navy.

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President Donald Trump with Hung Cao in 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

This decision follows HegSeth’s remarks on September 30 before the general and general officers of the basis of the Cantico Marine Corps.

“Above all, we must restore a ruthless, impartial and common sense of standards application,” said Hesgeth. “Standards must be uniform, non -sexist and high. Otherwise, they are not standards, these are suggestions. Suggestions that make our sons and daughters kill.”

CAD reforms will start at the national level and include the launch of a new inspection system with 60 -day repair times to renovate the accommodation of the military families.

Meals at the base will switch to healthier menus based on local products, designed to reflect combat preparation and improve nutrition.

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Marine secretary, John Phelan, welcomes sailors during a visit. (With the kind authorization of the secretary of the navy)

Obsolete IT and commercial systems will be replaced by modern and ready-made platforms for mobile devices in order to rationalize daily operations and provide tools with tools that work for the first time.

Beyond improvements in quality of life, the navy aims for total compliance with audits by exercise 2026 in order to strengthen transparency and responsibility.

Recruitment reforms will eliminate derogations based on DEI in favor of memberships solely to merit, while the reserve forces will be more closely integrated into active service training sectors.

The permanent resort change orders (PCS) will evolve more quickly and the new policies will expand the choice of schools for the families of the military.

In Guam, the modernization of infrastructure, from the tracks to the capacity of fuel and housing, will strengthen the role of the island as a vital energy of energy projection in Indo-Pacific.

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The naval undersecretary, Hung Cao, was responsible for directing a radical overhaul of the navy and the body of the Marines. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“These are not discussion subjects, these are deadlines,” said Cao about reforms. “We put an end to the bureaucratic drift and restore excellence.”

CAD initiatives will also aim to unify family well-being and combat preparation according to what Phelan describes as “a quarter, a game manual”.

In Capitol Hill, representative Jack Whitfield, Texas Republican, Chairman of the Armed Services Preparation Committee of the House of Representatives, said Congress “would support the renewed accent of the Navy on lethality and responsibility”.

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The secretary of the Ministry of War, Pete Hegseth, arrives at the Pentagon. (Photo AP/Kevin Wolf)

A member of the Democratic Staff of the Senate Armed Services Commission described this as “late reset” and confirmed that surveillance “would closely follow the results”.

This new ambitious portfolio incorporates improvements in quality of service, modernization and reform of reserves under a single chain of command.

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“These are speed, standards and service,” said Phelan. “When the bases work the first time, ships sail more, planes fly further and the greatest maritime force in the world is only strengthening.”

Hegseth and Phelan did not immediately respond to the request for comments from Fox News Digital.