Brass Tracks.Government Army Col. James Kennon, who has been selected for promotion to brigadier general, has been named deputy of acquisition and readiness for the Soldier and Biological Chemical Command. Previously, he was chief of staff of the Combined Arms Support Command. Chief of Naval Operations chief of naval operations n. pl. chiefs of naval operations Abbr. CNO The ranking officer of the U.S. Navy, responsible to the secretary of the Navy and to the President. Adm. Vern Clark announced that Navy Rear Adm. Richard K Gallagher has been assigned as assistant chief of staff for plans and policy for the supreme allied commander-Atlantic in Norfolk, Va. Gallagher currently is serving as commanding officer, USS USS abbr. 1. United States Senate 2. United States ship USS abbr (= United States Ship) → Namensteil von Schiffen der Kriegsmarine John C. Stennis (CVN (Card Verification Number) See CSC. 74). Also, Navy Rear Adm. Thomas J. Kilcline Jr., has been assigned as assistant deputy chief of staff for aviation, Code AP, USMC, in Washington, D.C. Kilcline presently is serving as weapons plans and programs, N780J, OPNAV OPNAV Office of the Chief of Naval Operations OPNAV Operational Navy , in Washington, D.C. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced that President Bush has nominated Air Force Lt. Gen. Donald G. Cook Donald G. Cook can refer to several people:
Air Force Maj. Gen. Bruce A. Wright will replace Cook as vice commander for the Air Combat Command. Wright currently is serving as commander for the Joint Information Operations Center at the U.S. Space Command, commander for the Alt Intelligence Agency and deputy commander for information operations, Eighth Air Force, Air Combat Command, in San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. . Gary Resnick has been named manager of the biological threat reduction program at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) (previously known at various times as Site Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National , in Los Alamos, N.M. The lab's program in biological threat reduction aims to reduce the possible threat of biological agents from terrorist groups or third world countries. Industry Orbital Sciences Corporation Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC, though commonly referred to as Orbital) is a Dulles, Virginia company which specializes in satellite launch and manufacture. Its Launch Systems Group is heavily involved with missile defense launch systems. , in Dulles, Va., announced that Roderick M. Hills has joined the company's board of directors. He has been appointed to the Board's four-member audit and finance committee. Honeywell, located in Phoenix, Ariz., announced that Mike Smith, president of Honeywell's aerospace electronic systems, will retire after 28 years with the company, and Dean Flatt, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Honeywell's specialty materials business group, will replace Smith. Flart served as a nuclear submarine officer in the U.S. Navy, then entered the private sector as a nuclear test engineer. He had a 10-year career at GE, holding key marketing and manufacturing assignments in power generation and lighting before reaching general manager at GE Wiring Devices. He joined AlliedSignal in May 1996. After the merger of AlliedSignal and Honeywell, he served as president of defense and space systems. Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert E Raggio has become the executive vice president for Dayton Aerospace Inc. He recently stepped down as the commander of the Aeronautical Systems Center. Raggio previously was program executive officer for fighters and bombers and system program director for the F-22 air superiority fighter An air superiority fighter is a type of fighter aircraft intended to enter and seize control of enemy airspace. Air superiority fighters are usually expensive aircraft, and procured in lesser numbers compared to smaller and generally more limited aircraft. . Northrop Grumman Corporation's Electronic sector systems, located in Baltimore, has named Carl B. Fischer vice president and general manager of its newly created space systems division. Fischer began his business career in 1964 with North American Aviation's Rocketdyne Division as an associate engineer working on liquid rocker engines for the U.S. space program. He joined Aerojet in 1966 and has held a number of senior management and leadership positions with the company. Charles P. Nemfakos has been appointed director, internal programs development, for Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics and Surveillance Systems, located in Baltimore, Md. Nemfakos recently served as the Department of the Navy's chief financial officer, responsible for the department's financial operations, budgetary requirements, fiscal controls and financial statements. Nemfakos served in the government for 35 years. Nemfakos will be responsible for the overall development and coordination of the elements contained in the NE&SS strategic plan in his new position. The Board of Directors of the National Veterans Business Development Corporation, in Washington, D.C., announced that retired Army Maj. Gen. Charles R. Henry has become the company's president and CEO. He was formerly the head of the Defense Contract Management Command, which consolidated the contract management activities of the four branches of the military and streamlined procurement procedures. |
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