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Immediate Release

Flag Officer Assignments

The Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert announced today the following assignments:

Rear Adm. (lower half) Douglas G. Morton will be assigned as director, Energy and Environment Readiness Division, N45, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, District of Columbia. Morton is currently serving as deputy chief, Support/Security Agreements, Office of Defense Representative, Pakistan.

Rear Adm. (lower half) Bret J. Muilenburg, who has been selected for promotion to rear admiral, will be assigned as commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, and Chief of Civil Engineers, Washington, District of Columbia. Muilenburg is currently serving as commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.