By this week, Rear Adm. Yvette Davids was expected to be a vice admiral, looking forward to cheering on her alma mater as superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy — the first female superintendent in its history — during the annual Army-Navy football game.
Instead, the school won’t have a permanent superintendent for the storied game. The Naval Academy, with a student body of roughly 4,400 and a faculty and staff of more than 2,500, is being led by Interim Superintendent Rear Adm. Frederick Kacher, whose own advancement to vice admiral and future command of the 7th Fleet also are in limbo as a result of a Senate hold on hundreds of military promotions.
While the president of a college has virtually no impact on the outcome of a football game, Davids, who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1989 and received what would be a historic posting in April, is missing out on what should have been her first Army-Navy game as the school’s leader.
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It’s a fun opportunity, though, for Kacher, U.S. Naval Academy Class of ’90, who is enjoying life in the superintendent’s office and living at Farragut House, the superintendent’s residence, while carrying on the duties of a college president.
“As the acting superintendent, [Kacher] attends all events that are associated with the position, including the Army-Navy game,” Naval Academy…
