Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson announced today the following assignment:
Rear Adm. (lower half) Ronald C. Copley will be assigned as deputy chief of staff, Intelligence, Resolute Support and deputy director, Intelligence - Plans, U.S. Forces, Kabul, Afghanistan. Copley is currently assigned as director of intelligence, J2, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.
Rear Adm. (lower half) Jeffrey W. Hughes will be assigned as commander, Navy Personnel Command; and deputy chief of Naval Personnel, Millington, Tennessee. Hughes is currently assigned as commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 2, Virginia Beach, Virginia.