NAS JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Commander Navy Region Southeast (CNRSE) held a change of command ceremony Feb. 23 onboard Naval Air Station Jacksonville. Rear Adm. Gary Mayes relieved Rear Adm. Babette “Bette” Bolivar as the region’s commander. Mayes is a Purdue University graduate; and earned his naval commission from Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Fla. He was designated a naval aviator in 1989. He was officer in charge of a combined East/West Coast Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron detachment of 16 helicopters conducting rescue and humanitarian relief missions in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast. He comes to CNSRE from the staff of Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics. Bolivar’s next assignment will be at San Diego’s Navy Region Southwest. (Source: CNSRE 02/25/19) Gulf Coast Note: CNRSE supports and guides 18 installations throughout the Southeastern United States and Caribbean, including NAS Meridian, and CBC Gulfport, Miss.; NAS Pensacola and Whiting Field and NSA Panama City, Fla.; and NAS/JRB New Orleans.
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