title: Alvin Holsey
text: # Alvin Holsey
  
  Alvin Holsey (born 1965) is a United States Navy vice admiral and naval aviator who has served as the military deputy commander of the United States Southern Command since February 1, 2023. He previously served as commander of the Navy Personnel Command and Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel from January 8, 2021, to December 15, 2022. He has command assignments as commander of Carrier Strike Group 1 from June 2018 to June 2020, and commanding officer of the U.S. Navy’s first hybrid electric propulsion warship, the USS Makin Island (LHD-8) from June 2013 to December 2014, having started out as its executive officer in February of the former year.
  
  A native of Fort Valley, Georgia, Holsey was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) program at Morehouse College in 1988, where he received a bachelor's degree in Computer Science. In 1995, he earned a Master of Science in Management from Troy State University and attended the Joint Forces Staff College in 2010.
  
  In September 2022, Holsey was nominated for promotion to vice admiral, and assignment as the military deputy commander of U.S. Southern Command.
  
  ## Awards and decorations
  
  Naval Aviator's Badge :
  
  | Defense Superior Service Medal | Defense Superior Service Medal | Defense Superior Service Medal | Legion of Merit with three award stars | Legion of Merit with three award stars | Legion of Merit with three award stars |
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  | Defense Meritorious Service Medal | Defense Meritorious Service Medal | Meritorious Service Medal with award star | Meritorious Service Medal with award star | Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with three award stars | Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with three award stars |
  | Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal | Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal | Joint Meritorious Unit Award | Joint Meritorious Unit Award | Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation | Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation |
  | Navy E Ribbon, 1st award | Navy E Ribbon, 1st award | National Defense Service Medal with bronze service star | National Defense Service Medal with bronze service star | Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal | Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
  | Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal | Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal | Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal | Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal | Global War on Terrorism Service Medal | Global War on Terrorism Service Medal |
  | Armed Forces Service Medal | Armed Forces Service Medal | Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with three bronze service stars | Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with three bronze service stars | Navy Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon | Navy Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon |
  | Command at Sea insignia ||||||
  | Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge ||||||
  