page_title: List of San Diego State University people
section_title: Military
hierarchical_section_title: List of San Diego State University people / Alumni / Military
caption_attribution_description: Merrill McPeak, former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force.
context_page_description: This is a list of notable people associated with San Diego State University, a California State University campus located in the United States.
context_section_description: Robert Cardenas, retired Brigadier General; B.A. 1972
  Thomas J. Haynes, Air National Guard general
  Merrill McPeak, retired Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force; B.A. Economics, 1957
  William J. Marks, USN Commander, spokesman for the Defense Intelligence Agency; M.A. Mass Communication and Media Studies, 2007
  James E. McPherson, retired Navy officer, former 39th Judge Advocate General of the Navy; Bachelor of Public Administration, 1977
  Eugene P. Wilkinson, first Commanding Officer of the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the world's first nuclear submarine; B.S. Chemistry, 1938
  Donald Erwin Wilson, U.S. Navy admiral; B.S. Accounting, 1954; M.S. Management, 1955
caption: Merrill McPeak
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