Government. (Brass Tracks).Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has created an office to establish policy in the area of command, control and communications and provide direction for Defense Department frequency spectrum issues. Steven Price was named deputy assistant secretary of defense (DASD (Direct Access Storage Device) Pronounced "daz-dee." A peripheral device that is directly addressable, such as a disk or drum. The term is used in the mainframe world. DASD - Direct-Access Storage Device ) for spectrum and C3 policy, reporting to Assistant Secretary of Defense John P. Stenbit. Sandra L. Pack is now assistant secretary of the Army for financial management and comptroller. Pack is the principal advisor to the Secretary of the Army for all comptroller functions, financial management activities and operations of the Army. She also has oversight of the Army-wide cost and economic analysis functions and activities, and supervision, direction and development of Army Independent Cost Estimates. Rumsfeld also announced that the president has made the following nominations for appointment to the grade of major general in the U.S. Army: * Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Donna F. Barbisch, currently serving as military assistant (individual mobilization augmentee An individual reservist attending drills who receives training and is preassigned to an Active Component organization, a Selective Service System, or a Federal Emergency Management Agency billet that must be filled on, or shortly after, mobilization. ) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs in Washington, D.C. * Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Jamie S. Barkin, now commander of the 3d Medical Command in Decatur, Ga. * Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Robert W. Chestnut, presently serving as assistant deputy chief of staff for operations for mobilization and reserve affairs (individual mobilization augmentee), Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, U.S. Army, in Washington, D.C. * Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Richard S. Colt, currently serving as commander of the 77th Regional Support Command in Fort Totten, N.Y. 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 the following assignments: Navy Rear Adm. Joseph A. Sestak Jr. is being assigned as commander of Cruiser Destroyer Group Two. Sestak currently is director of the Naval Operations group, N3/N5, OPNAV OPNAV Office of the Chief of Naval Operations OPNAV Operational Navy . Navy Rear Adm. David M. Crocker has been named commander of the Operational Test and Evaluation (testing) operational test and evaluation - (OT&E) Formal testing conducted prior to deployment to evaluate the operational effectiveness and suitability of the system with respect to its mission. Force. Cracker now is assistant chief of staff for plans and policy, Supreme Allied Commander Supreme Allied Commander is the title given to the most senior commander of some multinational military alliances. It originated as a term used by the Western Allies during World War II and is currently used by NATO. , Atlantic. Navy Rear Adm. Christopher C. Ames has been picked to become director for plans and policy, J5, for the U.S. Transportation Command. Ames currently is commander of Amphibious Squadron Three. Navy Rear Adm. Samuel J. Locklear Vice Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, III is the Commander, United States Third Fleet of the US Navy as of 2007. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy Class of 1977, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Operations Analysis. III is becoming deputy director for requirements assessment, N8lD, and director, CINC CINC or C in C abbr. commander in chief Liaison Division, N83, OPNAV in Washington, D.C. Locklear Now serves as commandant of midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. |
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