CNO Announces Flag Officer Assignments

CNO Announces Flag Officer Assignments
Story Number: NNS090702-16

July 2, 2009
From Chief of Naval Operations

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead announced July 2 the following flag officer assignments:

Rear Adm. (lower half) Paul A. Grosklags will be assigned as vice commander, Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. Grosklags is currently serving as commander, Fleet Readiness Centers, Patuxent River, Md.

Rear Adm. (lower half) Michael S. Rogers will be assigned as director for intelligence, J2, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. Rogers is currently serving as director of intelligence, J2, U.S. Pacific Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Rear Adm. (lower half) David G. Simpson will be assigned as director, CJ6, Multi-National Force-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq. Simpson is currently serving as director, Navy Networks, N6N, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C.