Boo Suk-jong

He graduated from the Korea Naval Academy in March 1985, and mostly served his career within the Republic of Korea Navy. He completed various courses locally and abroad, having completed a Masters Degree program on Business Administration at Kyungnam University in 2001,[3] and completed staff courses at the Malaysian Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Malaysia from 1998-1999, and at the National Defense University at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. in the United States in 2005.[3]

He was promoted to Sowi in 1986, and was the commanding officer of the ROKS Wang Geon (DDH-978) on December 2009 to June 2010, where he was promoted to Commodore and served as the Commander of the Cheonghae Unit from June 2010 to January 2011, during which he took part in its rescue mission of MV Samho Jewelry hijacked by Somali pirates.[1][3] He served as the Chief of Staff of the 2nd Fleet on January 2012 to January 2013, and served as the Commander at the 21st Destroyer Task Group from January 2013 to December 2013. He also served as the Commander of the Jeju Naval Base Construction Project Group from December 2013 to November 2015, and also served at the Naval Headquarters at Gyeryong, where he served at the Office of DCNO for both Intelligence & Operations(N2 / N3).[3]

He served as the Commander of the 2nd Fleet from May 2016 to January 2018. He served as the superintendent of his alma mater, Korea Naval Academy from January 2018 to November 2018, and was appointed as the Chief Director of the Joint Staff Military Support Center from November 2018 to April 2020, before being named as the Chief of Naval Operations on April 2020.[4][3]

• Order of National Security Merit by the government of South Korea (2011)