The boards are made up of six members appointed by the president, three by the vice president, and four by the speaker of the House, in addition to one designated by the Senate Armed Services Committee and another designated by the House Armed Services Committee.
A recent member of the Naval Academy board was Jack McCain, a reserve naval aviator and the son of John McCain, the Navy veteran who was shot down during a flight in Vietnam and spent years in captivity before becoming a senator and the 2008 Republican presidential nominee.
Another recent member included retired Lt. Gen. Nadja West, a former Army surgeon general — the service’s first Black woman to be made a three-star as well as the highest-ranking woman who graduated from West Point.
The first Black woman to command a combatant ship and the first woman four-star in the Navy, retired Adm. Michelle Howard, has also served on the board of the Naval Academy.
The Biden administration asked for the resignation of 18 board members at the Army, Navy and Air Force institutions who were appointed by Trump during his first term.
