New CO for LCS 8 Blue

SAN DIEGO - Cmdr. Wayne Liebold became the new commanding officer of USS Montgomery (LCS 8) Blue Crew in a ceremony April 28. Liebold relieved Cmdr. Daniel Straub, who had been at the helm since the ship was commissioned at Austal USA in Mobile, Ala., in fall 2016. The ship transited the Panama Canal after the commissioning and made it to its new homeport in San Diego last November. After leaving San Diego, Straub will be a senior military fellow at the Center for New American Security in Washington, D.C. (Source: USS Montgomery 05/01/17)