Flag officer announcements; Department of Defense news release (April 1, 2008).Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the president has made the following nominations:Navy Capt. Jerry K. Burroughs has been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (lower half). Burroughs is currently serving as major program manager for special operating forces Those forces whose primary missions are to participate in combat and the integral supporting elements thereof. See also combat forces; combat service support element; combat support elements. and undersea mobility, Program Executive Office for Submarines, Washington, D.C. Navy Capt. Donald E. Gaddis has been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (lower half). Gaddis is currently serving as the program manager for presidential helicopters, Program Executive Office for Aviation, Patuxent River The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland. There are three main river drainages for central Maryland: the Potomac River to the west passing through Washington D.C. , Md. Navy Capt. Paul A. Grosklags has been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (lower half). Grosklags is currently serving as major program manager for H-60 programs, Program Executive Office for Aviation, Patuxent River, Md. Navy Capt. David C. Johnson David C. Johnson (b. 30 January 1940 in Batavia, New York), is an American composer, flutist, and performer of live-electronic music. David Johnson studied, among other places, at Harvard University (M.A. has been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (lower half). Johnson is currently serving as the major program manager for Virginia (SSN SSN abbr. Social Security Number 774) class submarine programs, Program Executive Office for Submarines, Washington, D.C. Navy Capt. Thomas J. Moore
Navy Capt. James J. Shannon has been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (lower half). Shannon is currently serving as executive assistant to the assistant secretary of the Navy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (abbrev. "ASN") is the title given to certain senior officials in the U.S. Department of the Navy. They serve as chief assistants to the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV). (research, development and acquisition), Office of the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C. Navy Capt. Maude E. Young has been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (lower half). Young is currently serving as the major program manager for National Reconnaissance Office Noun 1. National Reconnaissance Office - an intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental and National Remote Sensing System, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Space Field Activity, Chantilly, Va. |
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