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Command Senior Enlisted Leader Assignment

April 6, 2022

The Office of the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (OSEAC) announced today the following assignment:

Navy Fleet Master Chief Derrick A. Walters, currently assigned as fleet master chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and U.S. Naval Forces Africa, was selected to replace Fleet Master Chief James Herdel as command senior enlisted leader for the U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.