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☷Flag Officer Announcements
U.S. Department of Defense ( By Press Release office)
Mar 15,2024
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J . Austin III announced today that the president has nominated the following individuals for promotion to the rank of rear admiral: Navy Rear Adm . ( lower half ) Mark D . Behning , currently serving as director , Undersea Warfare Division; Navy Rear Adm . ( lower half ) Susan BryerJoyner , currently serving as deputy director , Command , Control , Communications , and Computers/Cyber; Navy Rear Adm . ( lower half ) Thomas R . Buchanan , currently serving as commander , Submarine Group Ten; Navy Rear Adm . ( lower half ) Christopher J . Cavanaugh , currently serving as commander , Submarine Group Seven; Navy Rear Adm . ( lower half ) Jennifer S . Couture , currently serving as commander , Carrier Strike Group Eleven; Navy Rear Adm . ( lower half ) William R . Daly , currently serving as commander , Carrier Strike Group Fifteen; Navy Rear Adm . ( lower half ) Dion D . English , currently serving as director , Supply , Ordnance , and Logistics Operations Division; Navy Rear Adm . ( lower half ) Erik J . Eslich , currently serving as commander , Carrier Strike Group Twelve; Navy Rear Adm . ( lower half ) Ronald A . Foy , currently serving as commander , Special Operations Command Africa; Navy Rear Adm . ( lower half ) Patrick J . Hannifin , currently serving as commander , Task Force Seven Zero and Carrier Strike Group Five; Navy Rear Adm . ( lower half ) Gregory C . Huffman , currently serving as U . S . Indo - Pacific Command Representative and commander , U . S . Naval Forces , Marianas; Navy Rear Adm . ( lower half ) Jeffrey J . Kilian , currently serving as commander , Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific and director , Fleet Civil Engineer , U . S . Pacific Fleet . Kevin P . Lenox is being considered for the position of rear admiral . He currently serves as the commander of Carrier Strike Group Three in Bremerton , Washington . Oliver T . Lewis is also up for the role of rear admiral . He currently holds the position of director of Strategic Integration in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington , D . C . Marc J . Miguez , Benjamin R . Nicholson , Elizabeth S . Okano , Kurt J . Rothenhaus , Carlos A . Sardiello , and Ralph R . Smith III are all being considered for the position of rear admiral as well . They currently occupy various high - ranking positions in the Navy . Additionally , Lia M . Reynolds is being considered for the position of rear admiral and for the role of deputy judge advocate general of the Navy . Reynolds currently serves as the assistant judge advocate general , Operations and Management , in the Pentagon .
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