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Release
Immediate Release

Flag Officer Assignments

Sept. 30, 2016

The Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John M. Richardson announced today the following assignments:

Rear Adm. (lower half) Shoshana S. Chatfield will be assigned as U.S. Pacific Command representative, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau; commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Marianas; and commander, Joint Region Marianas, Guam.  Chatfield is currently serving as deputy U.S. military representative to the NATO Military Committee, Brussels, Belgium.

Rear Adm. (lower half) Jon A. Hill will be assigned as deputy director, Missile Defense Agency.  Hill is currently serving as program executive officer for Integrated Warfare Systems, Washington, District of Columbia.