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Navy Announces New Flag Assignments; Including New Undersea Warfare Director
May 3, 2021 9:43 AM
BANGOR, Wash. (Jan. 25, 2019) Rear Adm. Douglas Perry, from Biloxi, Mississippi, receives honors from the sideboys as the official party arrives during a change of command ceremony for Submarine Group 9. US Navy Photo
The Navy on Friday unveiled a series of promotions and new assignments for flag officers, including a new undersea warfare requirements officer.
Rear Adm. Doug Perry, who has led Submarine Group Nine since January 2019, will head to the Pentagon as the new director of undersea warfare on the chief of naval operations’ staff (OPNAV N97). Perry was previously at U.S. Fleet Forces Command, where he was the joint and fleet operations director, according to his service bio.