Fair winds and following seas to USNA Public Affairs Officer Ashley Hockycko ('01)

Thursday marked the end of an extraordinary chapter of service as CDR Ashley Hockycko '01, USN, completed her final day in uniform after more than 20 years of active-duty service to the United States Navy. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy's Class of 2001, Hockycko earned her Wings of Gold as a Naval Flight Officer in 2003 and began a distinguished career in the F/A-18 community. After attending the Harvard Kennedy School for graduate studies, she transitioned to the Navy Public Affairs community, where she found a new way to serve—telling the stories of Sailors, Marines, and the institutions that shape our Navy.

Since 2023, Hockycko has served as the Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Naval Academy, where she has been a trusted advisor, communicator, and ambassador for the Academy. Her leadership helped strengthen engagement with midshipmen, alumni, media, and the broader Naval Academy community while ensuring that the Academy's mission and impact were effectively shared with audiences around the world. She and her husband, Ken Hockycko '00, together with their three children, will continue to call Annapolis home.

 As proud members of the Naval Academy family, they remain devoted supporters and lifelong Navy fans.

On behalf of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation and the entire Naval Academy community, we thank Ashley for her decades of dedicated service, leadership and friendship. We wish her and her family fair winds and following seas as they begin this next chapter.

BZ '01!