Flag Officer Assignments

The Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert announced today the following assignments:

Rear Adm. (lower half) Richard P. Snyder, selected for the rank of rear admiral, will be assigned as director for plans, policy and strategy, J-5, Headquarters U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Snyder is currently serving as director, 21st Century Sailor Office, N17, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Arlington, Virginia.

Rear Adm. (lower half) Richard L. Williams Jr., will be assigned as commander, Carrier Strike Group Fifteen, North Island, California. Williams is currently serving as commander, Navy Region Hawaii; and commander, Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Release No: NR-138-15
April 21, 2015

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