12 Facts About Kavon Hakimzadeh

Kavon "Hak" Hakimzadeh was born on 1968 and is an Iranian-American rear admiral in the US Navy.

Kavon Hakimzadeh has served as the commander of Carrier Strike Group 2 since June 16,2024.

Kavon Hakimzadeh was born in Texas in the 1960s to an Iranian father and American mother.

Kavon Hakimzadeh kept the faith of his Southern Baptist mother.

Kavon Hakimzadeh lived in Iran until 1979, when his family was forced to flee to the United States during the Islamic Revolution.

Kavon Hakimzadeh enlisted in the Navy in 1987 and earned a Navy ROTC scholarship to Carnegie Mellon University.

Kavon Hakimzadeh later joined the Tigertails for his initial sea tour.

Kavon Hakimzadeh served ashore with the VAW-120 Greyhawks as an FRS instructor, as a student at the Naval War College, and duty under instruction as an Arthur S Moreau fellow.

Kavon Hakimzadeh completed three Pentagon assignments with the Joint Staff readiness division, SOUTHCOM Washington field office and OPNAV N00X and N9I as a strike warfare analyst and assessment branch head.

Kavon Hakimzadeh holds master's degrees from Old Dominion University, the Naval War College and the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Kavon Hakimzadeh is a joint qualified officer and has completed the Aviation Nuclear Officer training pipeline.

Kavon Hakimzadeh began serving as director of aircraft carrier requirements in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations in August 2021.