Alvin Holsey (born 1965) is a

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vice admiral and

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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

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and Deputy

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from January 8, 2021, to December 15, 2022. He has command assignments as commander of

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from June 2018 to June 2020, and commanding officer of the U.S. Navy’s first hybrid electric propulsion warship, the 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

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(NROTC) program at

Morehouse College , mottoeng = And there was light (literal translation of Latin itself translated from Hebrew: "And light was made") , type = Private historically black men's liberal arts college , academic_affiliations ...

in 1988, where he received a bachelor's degree in Computer Science. In 1995, he earned a

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in Management from

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and attended the

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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.

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Date of birth missing (living people) 1965 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) People from Fort Valley, Georgia Morehouse College alumni Military personnel from Georgia (U.S. state) African-American United States Navy personnel United States Naval Aviators Troy University alumni Joint Forces Staff College alumni Recipients of the Legion of Merit United States Navy admirals Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people {{US-navy-bio-stub