Eugene Henry Black III (born 1964)[1] is a retired United States Navy vice admiral and career surface warfare officer who last served as the deputy chief of naval operations for operations, plans and strategy from 2022 to 2024.

He later earned a Master of Science degree in Management from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California in March 1994.

[3] At sea, Black served as commanding officer of USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) from January 2010 until November 2011.

Black's shore duty assignments include director, Surface Warfare Officer Distribution, Navy Personnel Command, Millington, Tennessee; Future Ships branch head, Surface Warfare Directorate (N86) on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations; and Afghanistan/Pakistan Politico-Military Policy branch head, Joint Staff, Strategic Plans and Policy (J5), in Washington, D.C. Other assignments include Commander detailer, Navy Personnel Command and Surface Warfare Officer School department head instructor, Newport, Rhode Island.

He served as the director, Surface Warfare Division, N96, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, D.C. from May 2019 to May 2020.