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Flag assignments announced by CNO

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead announced Tuesday the following assignments:

• Rear Adm. David Philman will be assigned as director, Warfare Integration/senior national representative, N8F, Office of the CNO, Washington. Philman is director, Air Warfare Division, N88, Office of the CNO.

• Rear Adm. Kenneth Floyd will be assigned as director, Air Warfare Division, N88, Office of the CNO. Floyd is commander, Strike Force Training Pacific, San Diego.

• Rear Adm. (lower half) Thomas Cropper will take Floyd’s place as commander, Strike Force Training Pacific. Cropper is deputy commander, U.S. Naval Forces, U.S. Central Command, Bahrain.

• Rear Adm. (lower half) Kevin Donegan will be assigned as director for operations, J3, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Fla. Donegan is commander, Carrier Strike Group 5, Yokosuka, Japan.

• Rear Adm. (select) Michael Hewitt will be assigned as commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, Norfolk, Va. Hewitt is assistant deputy director for information operations, J3, Joint Staff, Washington.

• Rear Adm. (lower half) William Kiser will be assigned as commandant of the Medical Education Training Campus, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Kiser is commander, Navy Medicine East/commander, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Va.

• Rear Adm. (lower half) Anthony Kurta will be assigned as director, Military Personnel Plans and Policy Division, N13, Office of the CNO. Kurta is commander, Combined Joint Task Force — Horn of Africa, Camp Lemonier, Djibouti.

• Rear Adm. (lower half) Thomas Traaen will be assigned as commander, Defense Distribution Center, Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va. Traaen is vice director for logistics, J4, Joint Staff, Washington.