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Release
Immediate Release

Flag Officer Assignments

Jan. 23, 2015

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) Alexander L. Krongard will be assigned as deputy director for operations, U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany. Krongard previously served as deputy commander, Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa, Djibouti, Africa.

Rear Adm. (lower half) Ron J. MacLaren will be assigned as director, Joint Reserve Forces, J9, Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. MacLaren is currently serving as director, Joint Contingency Acquisition Support Office, Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.