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Active duty O-8 nominations

Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Friday that the president nominated these line officers for promotion to rear admiral.

• Barry Bruner, commander, Submarine Group 10, Kings Bay, Ga.

• Jerry Burroughs, program executive officer for command, control, communications and intelligence, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego.

• James Cloyd, commander, Navy Region Japan/commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Japan/commander, Naval Component, U.S. Forces, Japan, Yokosuka, Japan.

• Cynthia Covell, director, total force requirements, N12, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington.

• Michael Franken, who previously served as vice director, plans and policy, J5B, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.

• Donald Gaddis, program executive officer for tactical aircraft programs, Patuxent River, Md.

• Bradley Gehrke, defense attache China, Defense Intelligence Agency, Beijing.

• Robert Girrier, commander, Carrier Strike Group 7, San Diego.

• Paul Grosklags, vice commander, Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River.

• Sinclair Harris, director, Navy Irregular Warfare Office, N3/N5, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.

• David Johnson, program executive officer for submarines, Washington, Navy Yard.

• Margaret Klein, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 5/Commander Task Force 51/518, Bahrain.

• Richard Landolt, special assistant to N86, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.

• William Leigher, deputy commander, Fleet Cyber Command/deputy commander, 10th Fleet, Fort Meade, Md.

• Brian Losey, commander, Combined Joint Task Force — Horn of Africa, Djibouti, Africa.

• William Moran, deputy director, Air Warfare Division, N88B, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.

• Troy Shoemaker, who previously served as assistant commander, Navy Personnel Command for Career Management, Pers-4, Navy Personnel Command, Millington, Tenn.

• Dixon Smith, commander, Navy Region Hawaii/commander, Naval Surface Group, MidPac, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

• Robert Thomas Jr., commander, Submarine Group 7/commander, Task Force 74/commander, Task Force 54, Yokosuka.

• Douglas Venlet, defense attaché Russia, Defense Intelligence Agency Moscow, Russia.

Staff officers

Defense Robert Gates announced March 31 that the president nominated these staff officers for promotion to rear admiral.

• William Roberts, fleet surgeon, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Norfolk, Va.

• Thomas Traaen, commander, Defense Distribution Center, Defense Logistics Agency, New Cumberland, Pa.