The secretary of the Navy and chief of naval operations announced the following assignments:
Rear Adm. Thomas J. Moreau will be assigned as vice director, J-4, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. Moreau is currently serving as director, Supply, Ordnance and Logistics Operations Division, N4L, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C.
Rear Adm. Christopher J. Sweeney will be assigned as director, Warfare Development, N72, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Sweeney is currently serving as commander, Carrier Strike Group Eleven, Everett, Washington.
Rear Adm. Thomas S. Wall will be assigned as deputy chief of staff, Submarines, Maritime Command Headquarters; commander, Submarines, NATO; and deputy commander, Submarine Group Eight, Northwood, United Kingdom. Wall is currently serving as deputy/reserve deputy commander, Submarine Force, Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia.
Rear Adm. (lower half) Tracy L. Hines will be assigned as deputy director, Information Warfare, U.S. Space Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. Hines is currently serving as Navy cyber security division director, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C.
Rear Adm. (lower half) Gregory C. Huffman will be assigned as senior military official, Guam/Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Island/Federated States of Micronesia/Republic of Palau/U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Apra, Guam. Huffman is currently serving as commander, Carrier Strike Group Twelve, Norfolk, Virginia.
Rear Adm. (lower half) Christopher D. Stone will be assigned as commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Seven; commander, Task Force Seven Six; and commander, Amphibious Force, Seventh Fleet, Okinawa, Japan. Stone is currently serving as special assistant to the vice chief of naval operations, Washington, D.C.
Rear Adm. (lower half) Derek A. Trinque, selected for promotion to rear admiral, will be assigned as director, Strategy, Policy, Programs, and Logistics, J5/4, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Trinque is currently serving as commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Seven; commander, Task Force Seven Six; and commander, Amphibious Force, Seventh Fleet, Okinawa, Japan.
Rear Adm. (lower half) Kurt J. Rothenhaus will be assigned as chief of naval research, Arlington, Virginia. Rothenhaus is currently serving as program executive officer, Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, California.
Rear Adm. (lower half) Michael S. Sciretta will be assigned as director, Maritime Operations, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Norfolk, Virginia. Sciretta is currently serving as commander, Standing NATO Maritime Group Two, Naples, Italy.