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42 captains tapped for 1-star

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has nominated 42 Navy captains in the unrestricted and restricted lines for promotion to rear admiral. Their names and current assignments:

-• Paul B. Becker, commanding officer, Joint Intelligence Center, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.

• Richard D. Berkey, commanding officer, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va.

• Richard P. Breckenridge, chief of staff, force structure, resources and assessment, J8, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.

• Thomas L. Brown II, commanding officer, Naval Special Warfare Group 1, San Diego.

• Thomas F. Carney Jr., director, Navy Appropriations Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (financial management and comptroller), Washington.

• Walter E. Carter Jr., commanding officer, aircraft carrier Carl Vinson, Norfolk, Va.

• Scott T. Craig, director, Maritime Operations Center, U.S. Naval Forces, Central Command, Bahrain.

• Craig S. Faller, executive assistant to the chief of naval operations, Washington.

• Sean R. Filipowski, division director, Computer Network Operations, N33, Naval Network Warfare Command, Fort George G. Meade, Md.

• James G. Foggo III, executive assistant to the chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington.

• Anthony E. Gaiani, commanding officer, Naval Base Coronado, San Diego.

• Peter A. Gumataotao, chief of staff, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, San Diego.

• John R. Haley, special assistant to the deputy chief of naval operations for information, plans and strategy, N3/N5, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington.

• Jeffrey Harbeson, executive assistant to the vice chief of naval operations, Washington.

• Randall M. Hendrickson, head, Theater Missile Defense, N865, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington.

• Robert Hennegan, deputy chief of legislative affairs, Transition Team Task Force, Office of the Secretary of the Defense, Washington.

• Gretchen S. Herbert, deputy director for the assistant chief of naval operations for next generation, N6, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington.

• Michael W. Hewitt, assistant deputy director for information operations, J3, Joint Staff, Washington.

• Gerard P. Hueber, executive assistant to the deputy chief of naval operations for integration of capabilities and resources, N8, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington.

• Jeffery S. Jones, commanding officer, Surface Warfare Officer School Command, Newport, R.I.

• Matthew L. Klunder, commandant of midshipmen, Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.

• William K. Lescher, head, Quadrennial Defense Review Office, Joint Staff, Washington.

• David H. Lewis, executive assistant to the assistant secretary of the Navy (research, development and acquisition), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition), Washington.

• Randolph L. Mahr, major program manager, PMA 251, Program Executive Office for Tactical Aircraft Programs, Patuxent River, Md.

• Michael C. Manazir, commanding officer, aircraft carrier Nimitz, San Diego.

• Timothy S. Matthews, commanding officer, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla.

• Frank A. Morneau, director, technology and requirements integration, Navy Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, Washington.

• Dennis J. Moynihan, chief public affairs officer, Supreme Allied Command Transformation, Norfolk.

• James A. Murdoch, major program manager for littoral combat ships, Program Executive Office Ships, Washington.

• Gregory M. Nosal, special assistant to the commander, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii.

• Ann C. Phillips, serving on the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group, Newport.

• Harold E. Pittman, commander, Joint Public Affairs Support Element, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Suffolk, Va.

• Joseph W. Rixey, deputy program executive officer for Anti-Submarine Warfare Programs, Patuxent River.

• John E. Roberti, executive assistant to the under secretary of the Navy, Washington.

• Kevin D. Scott, division director for the Aviation Career Management Division, PERS 43, Navy Personnel Command, Millington, Tenn.

• Thomas K. Shannon, military assistant to the secretary of defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington.

• Herman A. Shelanski, special assistant to the commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk.

• William G. Sizemore II, chief of staff, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, San Diego.

• Elizabeth L. Train, commanding officer, Center of Naval Intelligence, Virginia Beach, Va.

• Thomas G. Wears, major program manager for undersea weapons, Program Executive Office Submarines, Washington.

• Diane E.H. Webber, executive assistant to the deputy chief of naval operations for communication networks, N6, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington.

• David B. Woods, head of strategic planning for Navy Quadrennial Defense Review, Washington.