Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet

Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF) is the title of the Indian Navy Officer who commands the Eastern Fleet, headquartered in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

The current FOCEF is Rear Admiral Susheel Menon, who assumed office on 21 August 2024.

Ballance, and then the final British officer Rear Admiral St John Tyrwhitt as FOCIF.

[10] The two-fleet concept of the Navy came into force with the constitution of the Eastern Fleet on 1 November 1971.

Rear Admiral Sarma took over as the founding Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF).