Rear Admiral Jonathan Paul Earley, AO, CSC is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

[1] Earley joined the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) as a midshipman Maritime Warfare Officer in 1990.

Several shore postings followed, before serving as the executive office of HMAS Ballarat, following this he was awarded the Commendation for Distinguished Service as part of the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours for “distinguished service as the Executive Officer of HMAS BALLARAT during the ship's deployment to Operation Catalyst from March to September 2006.”[2] He was then appointed commanding officer of HMAS Ballarat in 2011.

He was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross as part of the 2017 Australia Day Honours for “outstanding achievement and devotion to duty in maritime operational and humanitarian response planning and deployment.”[3] In 2017 he returned to sea on being appointed as commanding officer of HMAS Adelaide.

Six months later, on 16 December, Earley swapped positions with Rear Admiral Christopher Smith and was appointed Deputy Chief of Navy.