U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott Stalker, senior enlisted adviser for the Defense Intelligence Agency, has been appointed senior enlisted leader for the U.S. Cyber Command.

He will succeed U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. David Redmond, the Defense Department announced Monday.

Stalker was assigned to DLA in April last year and the first Marine to serve as DLA senior enlisted adviser.

He previously served at the Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command and Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command.

His overseas deployments has included combat and contingency missions such as Operation Restore Hope in Somalia; Deny Flight and Operation Provide Promise in Bosnia-Herzegovina; and Operation Silver Wake in Albania.

President Donald Trump has decided to designate North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism for “repeatedly” backing assassinations overseas and other terrorist acts, CNN reported Tuesday.

Trump said Monday during a public cabinet meeting at the White House that the Treasury Department is set Tuesday to introduce new sanctions against North Korea amid the East Asian country’s ballistic missile and nuclear development efforts.

His move came nine years after President George W. Bush removed North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.

The redesignation of North Korea would result in sanctions such as restrictions on receiving foreign aid from the U.S. government and a ban on defense sales and exports.

Countries that are currently designated state sponsors of terror include Syria, Iran and Sudan, the report added.

The U.S. Marine Corps has completed a “hot refueling” training exercise in Iwakuni, Japan, to familiarize marines with special equipment designed for operations in hazardous environments.

Marines wore Mission Oriented Protective Posture 4 gear composed of a mask, boots, suit and gloves during an F-35B Lightning II aircraft refueling activity, the Defense Department said Monday.

“This exercise enables us to refine our standard operating procedures while familiarizing the Marines to operate in gear they aren’t used to,” said Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Martin Aldrete, a maintenance controller from VMFA-121.

MOPP is designed to protect troops as they train to operate in areas where chemical, biological or radiological weapons can affect their missions.

Bill Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, has said the Defense Department will also adopt NSCS’ continuous evaluation platform to perform periodic background investigations on employees at the executive branch in addition to its own CE system, Federal News Radio reported Friday.

The move comes as DoD prepares to assume control of the vetting process for 75 percent of security clearances from the Office of Personnel Management and the National Background Investigations Bureau.

NSCS that operates under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is set to field by fall 2018 a CE system designed to screen approximately 10 databases for potential threat signs among employees with security clearances.

“If an agency out there, say the Department of Education or Forest Service or Interior wants to run their individuals through our databases, they can,” Evanina told the station in an interview.

“We will provide that service and provide them back any hits that we have.”

Evanina noted that the Office of Management and Budget is currently assessing an NCSC-developed directive on best practices related to continuous evaluation.

He added that his office will initially screen employees with top-secret clearances and then vet holders of secret clearances using its CE system.