page_title: Asif Sandila
hierarchical_section_title: Asif Sandila
caption_attribution_description: English: Pakistani Navy Chief of Naval Staff Adm. M. Asif Sandila, center, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Daryl Caudle, left, and U.S. Navy Capt. Andrew J. Loiselle, the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), discuss shipboard operations in flight deck control aboard the ship in Norfolk, Va., Sept. 18, 2013. The ship conducted training operations at its home port.
context_page_description: Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila, is a retired four-star admiral in the Pakistan Navy who was the 14th Chief of Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy. Prior to this command appointment, Sandila briefly tenured as the Vice Chief of Staff in the Pakistan Navy which he assumed in 2010.
  In 2011, President Asif Ali Zardari, on the request of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, promoted Sandila to four-star admiral and appointed him as the Chief of the Naval Staff on 7 October 2011 upon retirement of the then Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir.
context_section_description: Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila, (Urdu: محمد ﺁصف سندیلہ; born: 1954, HI(M), Lo'h, NI(M)), is a retired four-star admiral in the Pakistan Navy who was the 14th Chief of Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy. Prior to this command appointment, Sandila briefly tenured as the Vice Chief of Staff in the Pakistan Navy which he assumed in 2010.
  In 2011, President Asif Ali Zardari, on the request of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, promoted Sandila to four-star admiral and appointed him as the Chief of the Naval Staff on 7 October 2011 upon retirement of the then Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir.
caption: Adm. Asif boarded on George H.W. Bush, an aircraft carrier, in 2013.
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