RADM Kavon Hakimzadeh USN

Rear Adm. Kavon "Hak" Hakimzadeh graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and was commissioned through NROTC in May 1992. He holds master’s degrees from Old Dominion University, the Naval War College, and the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He was also a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI fellow. Operational command tours include Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 126, USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75). During each of these tours, his teams earned recognition as the best units in the Navy in their respective categories. Additional sea duty assignments include VAW-125 as a junior officer, Carrier Strike Group Eight as Flag Lieutenant, VAW-123 as a department head, VAW-126 and USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) as Executive Officer. Ashore, he served as a flight instructor with VAW-120, as a student at the Naval War College, and duty under instruction as an Art