Admiral Roughead

Mary Anne Gray and Garry Murphy attended the Chief of Naval Operations Change of Command and Retirement Ceremony at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Admiral Roughead was the 29th Chief of Naval Operations and was one of only two officers in Navy history to have commanded both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets.  Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert became the 30th Chief of Naval Operations. His career was as a submariner and most recently was the Vice Chief of Naval Operations.  Both of these Admirals are good friends of Broward Navy Days and have attended Fleet Weeks here at Port Everglades. Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus gave the remarks and we were fortunate to have the opportunity to speak with him for a few minutes before he went back to Washington.

Admiral Greenert

The reception gave us  the opportunity to see and talk with many other friends of Broward Navy Days: Admiral Mike Mullen, Joint Chief of Staff, Admiral Vernon Clark, former CNO, Admiral Ted Carter who was with the USS Truman when we had the USO show on board the aircraft and he is now going to take over the Enterprize Battle Group, Admiral Vitali, Admiral Tony Kurta, Admiral Barry MxCullough, Admiral Dawson (Ret), Admiral Mike Malone (Ret), and Admiral Fallon (Ret).

The night before the Change of Command we sat with Admiral J. C. Harvey, Jr. , U. S. Commander,  U.S, Fleet Forces Command at dinner. For just a short 24 hour visit we were very honored to meet and greet so many friends.