Patrick Hahler Brady[1] (born 1959) is a retired United States Navy rear admiral who in July 2007 became the first person of Hispanic descent to be named commander of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center.

In 1966, Brady's father, a former United States Army soldier of Irish-American and Hispanic descent was offered a position at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. in the procurement field and the family moved to Camp Springs, Maryland.

In 1977, Brady received his appointment to the United States Naval Academy from U.S. Congresswoman Marjorie Sewell Holt upon his graduation from Crossland High School.

In 1991, Brady was promoted to lieutenant commander and in 1992 earned his Master of Arts in national security affairs degree from the Naval Postgraduate School.

[4] On April 27, 2007, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced that President George W. Bush had nominated Brady for the rank of rear admiral.

In 2006, HENAAC (Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference) convened an Executive Roundtable in Anaheim, California.