Vineet McCarty

Vice Admiral
Vineet McCarty
AVSM
Commander-in-Chief
Andaman and Nicobar Command
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 June 2026
Chief of Defence StaffN. S. Raja Subramani
Preceded byAjay Kochhar
Military service
Allegiance India
Branch/service Indian Navy
Years of service
July 1989 – present
Rank Vice Admiral
Commands
Awards Ati Vishisht Seva Medal

Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty, AVSM is a serving flag officer of the Indian Navy. He currently serves as the Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command. He earlier served as the Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine, Organisation & Training) and as Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Policy Planning & Force Development). He also served as Controller of Personnel Services, as the Commandant of Indian Naval Academy.

McCarty was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 July 1989. He is a specialist in gunnery. He was a part of the commissioning crew of the lead ship of her class of guided missile destroyers INS Delhi (D61). He did his specialist tenures and served as the gunnery officer of the ship. He attended the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington in 2005.

McCarty served as the Training Commander at the Indian Naval Academy when it was based at Goa. He has also served as the directing staff at the Naval and Maritime Academy, Trincomalee, the naval academy of the Sri Lankan Navy.

McCarty has commanded the Anti-submarine warfare patrol vessel – the Abhay-class corvette INS Ajay. He subsequently commanded the Khukri-class guided-missile corvette INS Khanjar (P47). He also served as the executive officer of a seaward defence patrol vessel and a guided missile vessel. He then served as the executive officer of the only Amphibious transport dock of the Navy INS Jalashwa (L41) and commanded the lead ship of her class of stealth guided missile frigate INS Shivalik (F47). He was in command of Shivalik during the International Fleet Review 2016.

McCarty (right) as FOCWF with Vice Admiral A. B. Singh, FOC-in-C WNC.

In the rank of Captain, McCarty served as the defence adviser to the High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Singapore. During this tenure, he had concurrent accreditation to the Republic of the Philippines. He also served as the Command Plans officer at Headquarters Eastern Naval Command. In 2017, he attended the National Defence College, New Delhi. As a Commodore, he served as the Commodore (Naval Plans) at Naval headquarters, New Delhi.

Flag rank

McCarty was promoted to flag rank in February 2020 and was appointed Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Staff Requirements) (ACNS SR) at naval headquarters. He took command of the Western Fleet on 15 November 2022 as the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet from Rear Admiral Sameer Saxena. After a year-long tenure, he relinquished charge to Rear Admiral C. R. Praveen Nair. For his tenure as FOCWF, he was awarded the In the same month,

After getting promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral, he was appointed as Commandant of Indian Naval Academy. After a short stint, he took over as the Controller of Personnel Services on 3 September 2024. On 1 August 2025, he moved to the Integrated Defence Staff headquarters as DCIDS (Policy Planning & Force Development) and later served as DCIDS (Doctrine, Organisation & Training).

On 1 June 2026, Vice Admiral McCarty took over as the Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command succeeding Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar who was elevated as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff.

Awards and decorations

During his career, he has been awarded with the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 2024.

Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Samanya Seva Medal Special Service Medal Operation Vijay Medal
Operation Parakram Medal Sainya Seva Medal Videsh Seva Medal 75th Independence Anniversary Medal
50th Independence Anniversary Medal 30 Years Long Service Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal

See also

References

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