President Barack Obama has nominated the admiral in charge of the U.S. Pacific Fleet to become the chief of U.S. Strategic Command, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
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| Adm. Haney. Photo by U.S. Navy. |
If approved by the Senate, Adm., Cecil E.D. Haney will take command of Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., and Vice Adm. Harry Harris Jr., currently an assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will become head of the Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Haney, who rose from the Navy’s submarine community, has served as a congressional liaison officer for the Pentagon comptroller, deputy chief of staff for plans, policies and requirements, director for submarine warfare and warfare integration, as well as deputy commander at Strategic Command, according to his official Navy biography.
Harris’ previous stints include serving as an aide to the commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan, special assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and deputy chief of naval operations for communications networks, according to his bio. Harris came up as a naval aviator and logged more than 4,400 flight hours. He has been in his current job since October 2011.
In other personnel moves, Rear Adm. James Caldwell has been selected for the rank of vice admiral and nominated to become the Navy’s inspector general. His current post is the Pacific Fleet commander of sub forces.
Rear Adm. William F. Moran has also been tapped for a third star and to become deputy chief of naval operations for manpower, personnel, training and education. He is currently the director of the Navy’s Air Warfare Division in the office of the chief of naval operations.