Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Kwamandan Kirk S. Lippold, USN (Ret.), (an haife shi a ranar 29 ga Afrilu, 1959) tsohon jami'in Sojan Ruwa ne na Amurka. Shi ne kwamandan jami'in sojan ruwa na Amurka a ranar 12 ga Oktoba, 2000, lokacin da
'Yan ta'addar al-Qaeda sun kai wa jirgin hari kuma suka jefa bam a lokacin da yake tsayawa a tashar jiragen ruwa ta Yemen, inda suka kashe matukan jirgin Amurka 17. Lippold ya dauki umurnin "Cole" a ranar 25 ga Yuni, 1999, kuma ya yi aiki har sai an sake shi a ranar 9 ga Maris, 2001.