
                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 1, 1994                    TAG: 9406010559 
SECTION: MILITARY NEWS                     PAGE: A12    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: Medium 
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AREA GAINS SOME JOBS

{LEAD} The Navy's downsizing at other bases along the Atlantic coast is about to produce a modest expansion in Hampton Roads.

On Tuesday the U.S. Atlantic Fleet announced a reorganization that by year's end may shift up to 82 people assigned elsewhere to new jobs at Norfolk Naval Base and Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base.

{REST} The planned shifts to the naval base include the movement of the command of Destroyer Squadron 20 and its 21 jobs from Charleston, S.C., and command of Patrol Wings Atlantic and its 17 positions from Brunswick, Maine. Shifts to Little Creek include command of a new Amphibious Group 4, with 38 positions and led by a rear admiral.

In some cases, the reorganization combines existing functions at the two local bases under a common command.

Here is a rundown of the changes and the number of jobs involved:

Norfolk Naval Base

Readiness Support Group Norfolk and Commander, Destroyer Squadron 2 combine under new Commander, Logistics Group 2, who also becomes Commander, Naval Surface Group Norfolk. Up to 20 jobs to be eliminated.

Commander, Patrol Wings Atlantic moved from Brunswick, Maine. Gain of 17 jobs.

Commander, Destroyer Squadron 21 moved from Charleston. Gain of 21 jobs.

Commanders, Destroyer Squadrons 22, 26, and 32, already in Norfolk, each gain seven to nine billets for combined duties as tactical and readiness squadrons.

Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base

Commander, Amphibious Squadron 10 and Commander Amphibious Group 2 combined. Seventeen to 37 positions to be eliminated.

Commander, Amphibious Group 4 established. Gain of 38 jobs.

- Staff report

\ \ COMINGS & GOINGS

CHANGE OF COMMAND:

Capt. John J. Paulson is relieving Capt. James W. Shur as commanding officer of the submarine tender Emory S. Land. Paulson is reporting from the staff of the chief of naval operations. Shur's next assignment is branch head for strategy and policy with the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.

Capt. David C. Rollins is relieving Capt. Joseph M. Greene Jr. as commanding officer of Assault Craft Unit Four at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. Rollins comes from the staff of Amphibious Group 2. Greene is retiring after 26 years.

Lt. Cmdr. Christine J. Quedens relieved Cmdr. Paul F. Zukunft as commanding officer of the Coast Guard Training Quota Management Center in Chesapeake. Quedens was assistant chief of rescue for Coast Guard District 14 in Honolulu. Zukunft has been assigned commanding officer of the cutter Harriet Lane in Portsmouth.

BY THE NUMBERS

Graphic\ STAFF\ LOVE IS IN THE AIR\ Most of the personnel in the Air Force are married.\ SOURCE: Air Force Military Personnel Center\ [For complete graphic information, please see microfilm]

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