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) William R. Merz will be assigned as commander, Submarine Group SEVEN/commander, Task Force SEVEN FOUR/commander, Task Force FIVE FOUR, Yokosuka, Japan. Merz is currently serving as commander, Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command, San Diego, California.

Rear Adm. (lower half) Stuart B. Munsch will be assigned as senior military assistant to the Deputy of Secretary Defense, Washington, District of Columbia. Munsch is currently serving as commander, Submarine Group SEVEN/commander, Task Force SEVEN FOUR/commander, Task Force FIVE FOUR, Yokosuka, Japan.

Rear Adm. (lower half) Timothy J. White will be assigned as director for Intelligence, J2, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii. White is currently serving as deputy chief, Tailored Access Operations, S32, National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Maryland.

Release No: NR-060-15
February 20, 2015