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Release
Immediate Release

Flag Officer Assignments

June 23, 2017
Acting Secretary of the Navy Sean Stackley and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John M. Richardson announced today the following assignments:

Rear Adm. (lower half) Samuel J. Paparo Jr., will be assigned as commander, Carrier Strike Group Ten, Norfolk, Virginia. Paparo is currently serving as Navy corporate fellow in Corporate Strategy, Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Maryland.

Capt. William S. Dillon, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as commander, Naval Safety Center, Norfolk, Virginia. Dillon is currently serving as vice commander, Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland.

Capt. William C. Greene, selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), will be assigned as deputy chief of staff for Fleet Maintenance, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Greene is currently serving as deputy commander, logistics, maintenance, and industrial operations (SEA-04), Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia.