Richard S. Lofgren


Richard S. Lofgren is a rear admiral who has served as the acting chief of the Navy Reserve since 2 September 2025. He previously served as vice commander of U.S. 4th Fleet from 2023 to 2025.

Early life and education

The son and grandson of naval aviators, Lofgren was born in Patuxent River, Maryland. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history.

Naval career

Lofgren received his commission as an ensign from the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps in 1993. Upon completion of Surface Warfare Officer School and Steam Engineering School in Newport, Rhode Island, he reported onboard USS Wasp (LHD-1) in Norfolk, Virginia.
Lofgren affiliated with the United States Navy Reserve following the September 11 attacks, joining Navy Reserve Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet Detachment ONE ONE ONE as a training officer. Other early reservist assignments included tours as an intelligence officer for Naval Embarked Advisory Team ONE ONE ONE, and the executive officer of Inshore Boat Unit FOURTEEN, the N7 for NR United States Pacific Command Detachment ONE ONE ONE. Lofgren later served in several riverine units, including as a plankowner for Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron ELEVEN, a senior assessor for Coastal Riverine Group ONE, and Reserve Deputy Commodore for Coastal Riverine Group TWO.
His command tours include Recruit Support Unit ONE ONE FIVE ZERO, Inshore Boat Unit FIFTEEN, Maritime Expeditionary Command and Control Division THREE ONE, Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Squadron ONE, NR Commander LCS Squadron ONE Surface Warfare Mission Module, Coastal Riverine / Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron EIGHT, and NR Commander Fourth Fleet. He also served as the co-director for the Coastal Riverine Force within the Surface Warfare Reserve Enterprise.
Lofgren was promoted to rear admiral (lower half) in 2023. In his initial flag assignment, he served as Vice Commander, C4F/USNAVSOUTH. He assumed the role of Acting Chief of Navy Reserve and Acting Commander, Navy Reserve Force on 2 September 2025.
Lofgren has completed several deployments as a reservist. These included a deployment with Inshore Boat Unit FOURTEEN in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 and one to Djibouti in 2022 and 2023 as Chief Staff Officer for Camp Titan, Camp Lemonnier.

Civilian career

Lofgren began his civilian career as a financial consultant at Merrill Lynch and then spent a decade in leadership roles at a number of registered investment advisor firms. Later, he served as a managing director within the private bank at JPMorgan Chase and the advisor custody business at Schwab Corporation|Schwab].
Most recently, Lofgren supported securities and asset management business lines as a managing director at Goldman Sachs.