Rear Admiral Terence Edward "Terry" McKnight, United States Navy, is a former American naval officer who commanded a multi-national naval force tasked to confront piracy activities off the coast of Somalia.

He also graduated from the U.S. Army War College in 1994 and attended the National Security Seminar at Syracuse University in 2001.

[1] Admiral McKnight commanded a new multi-national naval force to confront piracy off the coast of Somalia.

[2][3] In October 2012, he authored a book on maritime piracy entitled Pirate Alley: Commanding Task Force 151 in the Gulf of Aden which was published by the Naval Institute Press.

Surface Warfare insignia Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge Combined Task Force 151