Billie J. Farrell
Billie J. Farrell (born ) is an officer in the United States Navy. Personal life
Born in , Billie J. Farrell hails from Paducah, Kentucky. She graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in political science, and has a 2009 Master of Science in operations management from the University of Arkansas. , Farrell and her husband, fellow naval officer Paul Farrell, lived in Charlestown, Boston with their two children aged six and three. US Navy

Farrell's first Navy assignment was aboard , first as electrical officer and then as navigator. She was then assigned to Millington, Tennessee before reporting to  as weapons officer and then combat systems officer. Following her return to the US Naval Academy as the deputy director for professional development, Farrell was assigned to the Commander, Naval Surface Forces Atlantic as the deputy N3. After a stint as the executive officer of , on 21 January 2022, Commander Farrell was assigned to  for a two-year assignment as the first woman commanding officer in the ship's 224-year history. , Farrell had received two Meritorious Service Medals, four Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals, and three Meritorious Unit Commendations. References

1980s births
21st-century American naval officers
commanders of the USS Constitution
living people
people from Paducah, Kentucky
United States Naval Academy alumni
University of Arkansas alumni