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9 flag officer assignments announced

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jon Greenert announced the following flag assignments Tuesday:

2-star assignments

• Kevin Donegan will be director, warfare integration/senior national representative, N8F, OPNAV. Donegan is director for operations, J3, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.

• Sinclair Harris, who has been selected for a second star, will be commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/commander, 4th Fleet, Mayport, Fla. Harris is director, future concepts, N3/N5, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.

1-star assignments

• Charles Gaouette will be commander, Carrier Strike Group 3, Bremerton, Wash. Gaouette is deputy commander, U.S. Naval Forces, U.S. Central Command, Manama, Bahrain.

• Patrick Hall will be commander, Carrier Strike Group 9. Hall is deputy director for operations, J3, Joint Staff.

• Samuel Perez Jr. will be director, Navy Irregular Warfare Office, N3/N5, Washington Perez is special assistant, N8.

• Ann Phillips will be commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 2. Phillips previously served as deputy director, Surface Warfare Division, N86B.

• Kevin Scott will be deputy commander, U.S. Naval Forces, U.S. Central Command. Scott is commander, ESG 2.

• Kevin Sweeney will be commander, Carrier Strike Group 10. Sweeney previously served as executive officer to the commander, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base.

• David Woods will be commander, Strike Force Training Pacific, San Diego. Woods is commander, Joint Task Force Guantanamo, U.S. Southern Command, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.