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Friday, Feb. 24, 2006
RADM Harris named as next JTF Commander By Stacey Byington, Public Affairs Officer
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen named Rear Adm. (lower half) Harry B. Harris, Jr. as the next Commander, Joint Task Force Guantanamo, U.S. Southern Command, Guantanamo Bay, on Friday, Feb. 17. Harris is currently serving as Director, Information, Plans and Security Division on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. In this capacity, he is responsible for Navy current operations and anti-terrorism/force protection. “I am looking forward to the opportunity to command such an outstanding group of joint military professionals who perform such an important mission in the Global War on Terror,” said Rear Adm. Harris. Rear Adm. Harris was born in Yokosuka, Japan, and reared in Tennessee and Florida. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1978. Operational tours included his initial flying tour with VP-44; Tactical Action Officer onboard USS Saratoga when CV-60 participated in strike operations against Libya; Operations Officer in VP-4 during Operation Desert Storm; and three tours with Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 1, homeported in Kami Seya, Japan. His command assignments include VP46 and Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 1/Task Force 57. During his tenure in wing command, TF 57 was heavily involved in Operation Enduring Freedom, flying nearly 1,000 combat sorties over AfghaniGuantanamo Bay
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Commanding Officer.......................CAPT Mark M. Leary Executive Officer..................................CDR Jeff Hayhurst Command Master Chief.....CMDCM(SW/SS) Larry Cairo Public Affairs Officer........................Ms. Stacey Byington Gazette Editor.............................................JO1 Igo Wordu Journalist.......................................JO2(AW) Honey Nixon Photographer................................PH1(SW) Terry Matlock
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stan. In 2002, he reported to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander U.S. Fifth Fleet, serving as the Assistant Chief of Staff for OpRADM Harry Harris Jr. erations, Plans, and Political-Military Affairs where he was involved in planning and execution of the Naval component’s portion of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His shore and education assignments include Flag Lieutenant to the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Japan; duty on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations as a strategist in the Strategy and Concepts Branch; and Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Selected for the Navy’s Harvard/Tufts Program, he graduated from the John F. Kennedy School of Government with a Master in Public Administration degree. Later selected as an Arthur S. Moreau Scholar, he studied in-
ternational relations/political terrorism at Oxford and Georgetown Universities, earning a Master of Arts in National Security Studies from the latter. Rear Adm. Harris reported to his current assignment on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations in August 2004. He has logged more than 4,400 flight hours, including more than 400 combat hours, in U.S. and foreign maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft. His personal decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, two Legions of Merit, two Bronze Stars, four Meritorious Service Medals, the Air Medal, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, five Navy Commendation Medals, the Navy Achievement Medal, and various campaign and unit decorations. The formal change of command date has not been announced. Maj. Gen. Jay Hood is the current Commander, Joint Task Force Guantanamo. He has served in that capacity since March 2004. His next assignment has not been announced.
NAVSTA CO sets fraternization policy As Commanding Officer, U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, I am responsible for maintaining this installation in a constant state of military readiness. To meet this chalCAPT Mark Leary lenge, I require your continued support of policies designed to foster good order, discipline, and esprit de corps. The Navy encourages military member participation in command sports teams, departmental holiday parties, dining-ins, and other similar events because these activities bolster unit morale and camaraderie. However, nonprofessional, personal, and unduly familiar relationships that do not respect differences in military rank impact negatively on the readiness of the installation and mission success. Accordingly, fraternization is prohibited and punishable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. When in doubt about the appropriateness of a relationship, seek advice from the Command
Managed Equal Opportunity Officer, the Staff Judge Advocate, or your Department Head. Unduly personal relationships between officer and enlisted members are always considered prejudicial to good order and discipline. Unduly personal relationships between Chief Petty Officers (E7 to E9) and junior personnel (E1 to E6) within the same command are also considered prejudicial to good order and discipline. Likewise, intimate or dating relationships between personnel within the same department, regardless of rank, are considered prejudicial to good order and discipline and are prohibited. Any unduly familiar personal relationship between a senior and subordinate may also be considered fraternization if the relationship is found to be prejudicial to good order and discipline or service discrediting, in that the relationship: — Calls into question a senior’s objectivity, — Results in actual or apparent preferential treatment, — Undermines the authority of a senior, or — Compromises the Chain of Command. I have the utmost confidence that each and every member of this command will continue to support the Navy’s fraternization policy and will strictly adhere to the above guidelines.
