Monreal becomes new NAVFAC SE

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Capt. Mike Monreal, a qualified Seabee Combat Warfare Officer, has relieved Capt. Pat Garin as Commanding Officer of Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast in a June 21 change of command ceremony in Jacksonville. During the ceremony, Rear Adm. Darius Banaji, Commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic presented the Legion of Merit to Garin for extraordinary leadership and technical expertise while managing $30B in facilities across the Southeast region - that includes bases at NAS Meridian and NCBC Gulfport in Mississippi – and performing $1.7B of construction and executing $1.9B in contracts and services at 19 geographically dispersed public works department locations across 12 states and the Caribbean over the past two years. Monreal comes to NAVFAC Southeast from duty as deputy commander for operations at NAVFAC Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. Monreal was commissioned in the Marine Corps in 1992 after graduation from Texas A&M University. He transitioned to the Navy Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) in 1996. He received his Master's in Civil Engineering degree from his alma mater in 2001. (Source: NAVFAC Southeast 06/25/18)