Navy Announces Flag Officer Assignments 

ARLINGTON, Va. — The secretary of the Navy and chief of naval operations announced Sept. 29 the following assignments:

Rear Adm. Robert T. Clark will be assigned as reserve deputy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, N7, Washington, D.C. Clark is currently serving as reserve vice commander, Seventh Fleet, Yokosuka, Japan. 

Rear Admiral Joey B. Dodgen will be assigned as deputy director, Navy Reserve Fighting Instructions, commander, Navy Reserve Forces Command, Norfolk, Virginia. Dodgen is currently serving as special assistant to the chief of Navy Reserve, Washington, D.C. 

Rear Admiral Eileen H. Laubacher will be assigned as special assistant to the assistant to the president for national security affairs, National Security Council, Washington, D.C. Laubacher is currently assigned as special assistant to the chief of Navy Reserve, Washington, D.C. 

Rear Admiral William G. Mager will be assigned as reserve deputy, Operations, Plans and Strategy, N3/N5, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Mager is currently serving as reserve director, Maritime Operations, United States Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 

Rear Admiral (lower half) Putnam H. Browne will be assigned as director, Assessment Division, N81, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Browne is currently serving as special assistant to the deputy chief of naval operations for personnel, manpower, and training, N1, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and Chief of Naval Personnel, Arlington, Virginia. 

Rear Admiral (lower half) Marc S. Lederer will be assigned as reserve deputy for fleet readiness and logistics, N4R, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Lederer is currently serving as deputy commander, Military Sealift Command, with additional duties as reserve deputy commander, Naval Surface Force, United States Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, Virginia.  

Rear Admiral (lower half) Jacquelyn McClelland, selected for promotion to rear admiral, will be assigned as deputy commander, Naval Supply Systems Command, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. McClelland is currently serving as vice director, Navy Staff, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. 

Rear Admiral (lower half) Pamela C. Miller, selected for promotion to rear admiral, will be assigned as deputy chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Reserve Policy and Integration, Falls Church, Virginia. Miller most recently served as command surgeon, United States Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. 

Rear Admiral (lower half) Eric L. Peterson will be assigned as deputy director, Reserve Medical Forces Atlantic, Portsmouth, Virginia. Peterson is currently serving as deputy commander, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, Portsmouth, Virginia. 

Rear Admiral (lower half) Donald M. Plummer will be assigned as reserve vice director for Joint Force Development, J-7, Joint Staff, Suffolk, Virginia. Plummer is currently assigned as deputy commander, Naval Special Warfare Command, San Diego, California. 

Rear Admiral Eric C. Ruttenberg, selected for promotion to rear admiral, will be assigned as reserve deputy for maritime operations, United States Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Ruttenberg is currently assigned as vice chief engineer, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, California. 

Rear Admiral (lower half) Jeffrey S. Spivey will be assigned as deputy commander, Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia. Spivey is currently serving as director, Maritime Partnership Program, Sixth Fleet/vice commander, Sixth Fleet, Naples, Italy. 

Rear Admiral (lower half) Donald Y. Sze will be assigned as commander, Expeditionary Medicine, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Falls Church, Virginia. Sze is currently serving as deputy commander, Navy Support Command Reserve Component/Marine Corps Medical Officer, Falls Church, Virginia. 

Captain Charles M. Brown, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as reserve deputy, N2/N6, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Brown is currently serving as chief of staff, Navy Reserve, Naval Information Force Reserve Headquarters, Fort Worth, Texas. 

Captain David M. Buzzetti, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as deputy chief of staff, Reserve Component, N093, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Buzzetti is currently serving as deputy chief of staff, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, Portsmouth, Virginia. 

Captain Robert J. Dodson, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as reserve deputy, Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. Dodson is currently serving as navy reserve program manager, Naval Sea Systems Command Northwest, Bremerton, Washington. 

Captain David H. Duttlinger, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as deputy commander, Naval Facilities, Washington, D.C. Duttlinger is currently serving as commodore, Seventh Naval Construction Regiment, Gulfport, Mississippi. 

Captain David G. Faehnle, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as reserve deputy commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia. Faehnle is currently serving as commanding officer, Joint Task Force/Horn of Africa, Djibouti, Africa. 

Captain Calvin M. Foster, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as director, Maritime Partnership Program, Sixth Fleet/vice commander, Sixth Fleet, Naples, Italy. Foster is currently serving as operations officer, Navy Reserve, United States Second Fleet, Norfolk, Virginia. 

Captain Charles Kirol, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as deputy director, Logistics, Fleet Supply and Ordnance, N4, United States Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Kirol is currently serving as deputy commander, Pacific Fleet, N4, Logistics Readiness Center, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 

Captain David G. Malone, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as deputy director, Reserve Medical Forces, Pacific, San Diego, California. Malone is currently serving as reserve commanding officer, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, Camp Pendleton, California. 

Captain Joaquin Martinez de Pinillos, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as vice commander, Seventh Fleet, Yokosuka, Japan. Martinez de Pinillos is currently serving as reserve chief of staff, United States Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 

Captain Mark R. Myers, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as reserve deputy judge advocate general/deputy commander, Naval Legal Service Command, Washington, D.C. Myers is currently serving as staff judge advocate, Navy Reserve, Navy Installations Command Headquarters, Navy Emergency Preparedness Liaison Office, Washington, D.C. 

Captain Ingrid M. Rader, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as reserve deputy director for maritime information warfare, United States Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Rader is currently serving as region commander, Navy Information Force Reserve Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia. 

Captain Michael S. Richman, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as deputy commander for cyber engineering, Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. Richman is currently serving as commanding officer, Navy Reserve, Strategic Weapon Engineering Facility, Smyrna, Washington, D.C. 

Captain John D. Saccomando, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as reserve deputy director of maritime operations, United States Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Saccomando is currently serving as commanding officer, Navy Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer, Navy Installations Command, Washington, D.C. 

Captain Andrew J. Schreiner, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as deputy commander, Naval Special Warfare Command, San Diego, California. Schreiner is currently serving as commanding officer, Navy Reserve, United States Northern Command Headquarters, Fort Carson, Colorado. 

Captain Kimberley A. Walz, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as deputy commander, Naval Surface Force, United States Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, Virginia. Walz is currently serving as Navy Reserve commanding officer, United States Naval Forces Europe and Africa/Sixth Fleet, Detachment 802, Naples, Italy. 

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