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ASSIGNMENTS / APPOINTMENTS / ANNOUNCEMENTS
SOURCE: Department of Defense
Flag Officer Assignment
The Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert announced the following assignment:
Rear Adm. (lower half) Daniel B. Hendrickson will be assigned as assistant to the vice commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Washington, District of Columbia. Hendrickson is currently serving as commanding officer, Navy Reserve Unit, U.S. Special Operations Command, Detachment One Zero Eight, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
PHOTO(s) OF THE DAY
SOURCE: Department of Defense /Defense News Lead Photo
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr. congratulates Oregon National Guard Staff Sgt. Steve Tessitore after his Purple Heart Ceremony at the Center for the Intrepid, Brooke Army Medical Center, Dec. 19, 2014. Tessitore was shot in the neck while conducting a security patrol in Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder/Released)
An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 210th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, practices “touch and go” maneuvers at Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Dec. 17. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Edward Eagerton)
Sailors man a hose during a general quarters drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations, and theater security cooperation efforts in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alex King/Released)
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December 22, 2014
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