Editing Husband E. Kimmel (section)

===Naval career===

Kimmel graduated in 1904 from the [[United States Naval Academy]] in [[Annapolis]], [[Maryland]].<ref name="Axelrod" /> One of his classmates was future [[Fleet admiral (United States)|fleet admiral]] [[William Halsey Jr.|Willam Halsey]]. From 1906 to 1907 he served on several battleships in the Caribbean.<ref name="Axelrod" /> In 1907 he was assigned to the {{USS|Georgia|BB-15|6}} during its participation in the around-the-world cruise of the [[Great White Fleet]].<ref name="Axelrod" /> Kimmel then served in the [[United States occupation of Veracruz]], Mexico, during which he was wounded in April 1914.<ref name="Axelrod" />

In 1915 he was briefly appointed as an aide to [[Assistant Secretary of the Navy]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].<ref name="Axelrod" /> During [[World War I]], Kimmel served as a [[Gunnery sergeant|squadron gunnery officer]] in [[United States Battleship Division Nine (World War I)|U.S. Battleship Division Nine]] which served as the [[6th Battle Squadron|Sixth Battle Squadron]] of the British [[Grand Fleet]].<ref name="Axelrod" /> After the war he served as [[Executive officer#United States Navy and United States Coast Guard|Executive Officer]] aboard the [[battleship]] {{USS|Arkansas|BB-33|6}}, then in Washington, D.C., and the [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Philippines]], as well as commanding two [[destroyer division]]s before attaining the rank of [[captain (United States O-6)|captain]] in 1926 upon completion of the senior course at the [[Naval War College]].<ref name="Axelrod" />

From 1926 to 1937 Kimmel held a number of positions in the [[United States Department of the Navy|Navy Department]], as well as the command of a [[destroyer]] [[Squadron (naval)|squadron]] and of the battleship {{USS|New York|BB-34|6}}.<ref name="Axelrod" />

In 1937 he was promoted to the [[flag rank]] of [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]]. In this capacity he commanded [[Cruiser]] Division Seven on a diplomatic cruise to [[South America]] and in 1939 became Commander of [[Battle Fleet|Battle Force]] Cruisers.<ref name="Axelrod" /><ref name="ww2db.com">{{cite web |last1=Chen |first1=Peter |title=Husband Kimmel |url=http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=93 |website=World War II Database |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref>{{sfn|Summers|Swan|2016|pp=38ff}}