Flag officer assignment

Newly-promoted Rear Adm. Kyle J. Cozad will become the next, and 19th, commander of the Naval Education and Training Command headquarters aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. Acting Secretary of the Navy Sean Stackley and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John M. Richardson made the announcement March 15. Cozad is currently serving as commander of Patrol and Reconnaissance Group in Norfolk, Va. The admiral is a native of Las Vegas and a 1985 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, where he received a bachelor of science in oceanography and physics. (Source: DoD, 03/15/17) Rear Adm. Michael S. White has been the NETC commander since Jan. 24, 2014. There was no date given for when Cozad will take the reins at NETC.