Hello, Goodbye.

* Goodbye to the Navy's Program Executive Office for Littoral Combat Ships. It has been renamed PEO Unmanned and Small Combatants. Rear Adm. John P. Neagley remains at its helm.

Capt. Thomas J. Anderson was named the new commander of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Washington, D.C., while Capt. Leonard C. Dollaga was assigned as commander of the Undersea Warfighting Development Center in Groton, Connecticut.

Capt. Carey Pantling assumed command of the Submarine Maintenance Engineering Planning and Procurement Activity. Located at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, the organization manages engineering programs to support maintenance and modernization of Navy submarines.

Rear Adm. John T. Palmer was assigned as commander, Defense Logistics Agency--Land and Maritime division, which is based in Columbus, Ohio. He will manage more than 2,500 personnel in 37 locations spread throughout the world.

Northrop Grumman Corp. has appointed Gabrielle Batkin as vice president of legislative affairs. She most recently served as the minority staff director for the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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