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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 130-04
February 26, 2004

Flag Officer Assignments

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark announced today the following flag officer assignments:

Navy Rear Adm. (selectee) John J. Waickwicz is being assigned as commander, Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Command, San Diego, Calif. Waickwicz is currently serving as commander, Iceland Defense Force, Keflavik, Iceland.

Navy Rear Adm. Thomas E. Zelibor, Jr., is being assigned as director, Global Operations, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. Zelibor is currently serving as deputy for command, control, communications and computers integration and policy, and Department of the Navy deputy communications and information officer, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Arlington, Va.