Tag Archives: military appointment

Vice Adm. James Foggo III, director of the U.S. Navy staff, could potentially assume command of U.S. Naval Forces Europe, U.S. Naval Forces Africa and the Allied Joint Force Command in Naples, Italy. The Defense Department said Tuesday that President Donald Trump nominated Foggo to lead the two Navy component commands and one NATO …

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Darrell Williams, commanding general of the Army Combined Arms Support Command and Sustainment Center of Excellence at Fort Lee, will take over as director of the Defense Logistics Agency at Fort Belvoir. DLA said Tuesday the Senate confirmed Williams’ new assignment as well as promotion to the rank of lieutenant general as …

Navy Rear Adm. Robert Sharp, a special assistant to the commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence, has been chosen to lead the organization that works to manage U.S. strategic, operational and tactical maritime data. The Navy will also assign him as director of the National Maritime Intelligence Integration Office, the Defense Department said Friday. As …

Navy Rear Adm. Colin Chinn, command surgeon of U.S. Pacific Command, has been named director of research and development at the Defense Health Agency, according to a  Defense Department statement published Friday. His appointment to lead DHA’s R&D operations came five months after the agency reached full operational capability as a medical services …

Rear Adm. Clinton Faison, deputy surgeon general of the U.S. Navy, has been nominated by President Barack Obama as surgeon general for the service branch and chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. The Defense Department said Thursday Faison is also in line to receive a promotion to the rank of vice …

Vice Adm. Paul Grosklags, principal military deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy for research, development and acquisition, has received appointment as commander of the Naval Air Systems Command. The Defense Department said Thursday Grosklags will retain the rank of vice admiral and work from NAVAIR’s headquarters in Patuxent River, Maryland. Grosklags …

Lt. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, is stepping down from his role and retiring from military service Thursday, C4ISR & Networks reported Monday. Amber Corrin writes that DISA Vice Director Maj. Gen. Alan Lynn will succeed Hawkins alongside a promotion to the rank of lieutenant general. Hawkins …

The White House has nominated Lt. Gen. Robert Neller, commander of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command, as the next commandant of the Marines and successor to Gen. Joseph Dunford, Marine Corps Times reported Wednesday. Hope Hodge Seck and Aaron Mehta write that Neller would become the 37th Marine Corps commandant …

U.S. Air Force Gen. Darren McDew, commander of the Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, has received nomination as commander of the U.S. Transportation Command. The Defense Department said Friday McDew will still be assigned at Scott AFB after his nomination pushes through. The general was promoted to his current …