Hello, Goodbye.

James "Hondo" Geurts, who was performing the duties of undersecretary of the Navy, announced his plans to retire from government service at the end of August.

Meanwhile, in a totally unrelated matter, the job of undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment is going begging. Gregory Kausner, executive director for international cooperation, has been temporarily assigned to perform the duties of the undersecretary.

The Space and Missile Systems Center has been redesignated as Space Systems Command headquarters, officially establishing the newest field command of the Space Force.

The Boeing Co. named Brian West as its executive vice president and chief financial officer. West succeeds Greg Smith, who recently retired.

Lockheed Martin also got a new CFO as Kenneth Possenriede decided to retire due to personal reasons. John Mollard, vice president and treasurer, was appointed acting CFO.

Jeff Shockey has left Boeing to join Raytheon Technologies as senior vice president of global government relations, succeeding Timothy McBride.

Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl has been nominated as the deputy commandant for combat development and integration at Marine Corps headquarters and commanding general of Marine Corps...