2026-09-02T17:34:34.134Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：卡安妮塔·艾尔、亚历杭德拉·哈拉米略
更新于2小时前
更新时间：2026年9月2日美国东部时间下午1:41
发布时间：2026年9月2日美国东部时间下午1:34
唐纳德·特朗普 特朗普任命 国会新闻
代理海军部长洪曹于6月18日在白宫东厅出席荣誉勋章授予仪式。
总统唐纳德·特朗普已提名代理海军部长洪曹出任该职位常任人选——若获参议院确认，这位前共和党参议院候选人将得到晋升，他曾表示美军需要“阿尔法男性和阿尔法女性”。
“我很高兴提名真正的战士洪曹出任下一任海军部长。我们需要像洪这样的爱国者领导我们的海军和海军陆战队，我想不出还有谁比他更能确保我们伟大的海军和海军陆战队成为世界有史以来最精锐、最优秀的部队，”特朗普在Truth Social的帖子中写道。
“参议院需要尽快确认这位战士，”特朗普补充道。
此次提名现已提交参议院，共和党在参议院仅以微弱优势占据多数席位。
洪曹在X平台的帖子中感谢了总统的提名，并补充道：“能够领导海军和海军陆战队团队的伟大战士，是我一生的荣幸。我感谢您的领导和支持，我们将继续推进造船事业，确保国土防御。”
前海军部长约翰·费兰因与国防部长皮特·赫格斯在造船改革实施问题上的紧张关系，以及与特朗普的密切关系而被解雇。
洪曹是退役海军上校，曾任海军副部长，自费兰于4月被解职以来，他一直以代理身份担任海军最高文职职务。
洪曹退役海军后于2022年参选弗吉尼亚州国会议员，2024年又在特朗普支持下参选，试图推翻该州民主党参议员蒂姆·凯恩，但竞选失败。
在2024年与凯恩的辩论中，洪曹就征兵问题给出了极具争议的回答。
“当你用变装皇后来招募海军人员时，那不是我们想要的人，”洪曹说。“我们需要的是阿尔法男性和阿尔法女性，他们会豁出性命，浴血奋战还能再战一场。这些年轻男女才是赢得战争的人。”
他此前的这番言论与赫格斯重塑美军文化的思路一致。这位国防部长一直聚焦文化战争，优先推行他心目中的“美国战士”形象，并推动“战士精神”。
洪曹担任副部长期间的职责包括担任关岛的高级国防官员，他的家族数十年前正是在逃离越南战争后以难民身份抵达关岛。他还负责海军的征兵和人事政策，包括执行特朗普2021年的行政命令，恢复因新冠疫苗强制令被开除的军人身份。
但一位知情人士此前告诉CNN，洪曹担任副部长期间经常被其上司排除在决策之外，称费兰将洪曹“限制在小圈子里”。
该消息人士称，费兰不允许洪曹在自己未出席的官方会议上代表他，而这通常是副部长的分内工作。
洪曹是一名功勋卓著的特种作战军官。在三十年的军旅生涯中，洪曹曾担任海军潜水员和爆炸物处理军官，部署地区包括伊拉克、阿富汗和索马里。他还曾在五角大楼任职，负责预算和采购事务。
CNN已联系五角大楼和海军置评。
CNN的杰里米·赫布和黑利·布里茨基为本报道撰稿。
Trump’s nominee for Navy secretary once said military needs ‘alpha males and alpha females’
2026-09-02T17:34:34.134Z / CNN
By Kaanita Iyer, Alejandra Jaramillo
Updated 2 hr ago
Updated Sep 2, 2026, 1:41 PM ET
PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2026, 1:34 PM ET
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Hung Cao, acting secretary of the Navy, attends a Medal of Honor Ceremony in the East Room of the White House on June 18.
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President Donald Trump has nominated acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao for the permanent position — a move that, if confirmed by the Senate, would elevate a former GOP Senate candidate who once said that the US military needs “alpha males and alpha females.”
“I am pleased to nominate a true WARRIOR, Hung Cao, to become the next Secretary of the Navy. We need Patriots like Hung leading our Navy and Marine Corps, and I can think of no one better than him to make sure our Great Navy and Marine Corps remain the FIERCEST and BEST Force the World has ever seen,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
“The Senate needs to confirm this Warfighter, ASAP,” Trump added.
The nomination now heads to the Senate, where Republicans hold a razor-thin majority.
Cao thanked the president for the nomination in a post on X, adding, “It’s an honor of a lifetime to lead the great warriors of the Navy and Marine Corps team. I’m grateful for your leadership and support as we continue to get after shipbuilding and ensure the defense of the homeland.”
The previous Navy secretary, John Phelan, was fired amid tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his implementation of shipbuilding reform and his close relationship with Trump.
Cao, a retired Navy captain and the former Navy undersecretary, has been serving in the service’s top civilian role in an acting capacity since Phelan’s ouster in April.
Cao ran for Congress in Virginia in 2022 after leaving the Navy and then ran an unsuccessful, Trump-backed bid to oust the state’s Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine in 2024.
During a 2024 debate with Kaine, Cao gave a controversial answer to a question about military recruiting.
“When you’re using a drag queen to recruit for the Navy, that’s not the people we want,” Cao said. “What we need is alpha males and alpha females who are going to rip out their own guts, eat ’em and ask for seconds. Those are young men and women that are going to win wars.”
His previous comments are in line with Hegseth’s reshaping of US military culture. The defense secretary has focused on culture wars, prioritizing his own image of the “American warfighter” and pushing “warrior ethos.”
Cao’s portfolio as undersecretary included being the senior defense official for Guam, where Cao’s family first arrived decades earlier as refugees after fleeing the Vietnam war. He also headed up recruitment and personnel policy for the Navy, including implementing Trump’s executive order to reinstate service members who were discharged from the military over its Covid-19 vaccine mandate in 2021.
But during his tenure as the deputy, Cao was often cut out of decision-making by his boss, one source familiar with the situation previously told CNN, who said Phelan put Cao “in a box.”
He wasn’t allowed to represent Phelan in official meetings that Phelan didn’t attend, something a typical undersecretary would do, the source said.
Cao is a decorated special operations officer. Over a three-decade career, Cao worked as a Navy diver and explosive ordnance disposal officer. His deployments included Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia. He also had a stint at the Pentagon working on budgets and acquisitions.
CNN has reached out to the Pentagon and the Navy for comment.
CNN’s Jeremy Herb and Haley Britzky contributed to this report.
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