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Immediate Release

Flag Officer Assignments

Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson announced today the following assignments:

Rear Adm. Daniel H. Fillion will be assigned as director, Manpower Account Transition Office, Washington, District of Columbia.  Fillion is currently serving as director, global operations, J-3, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. 

Rear Adm. (lower half) John B. Skillman will be assigned as commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 2, Virginia Beach, Virginia.  Skillman is currently serving as deputy commander and chief of staff, Joint Warfare Center, Allied Command Transformation, Stavanger, Norway.