Buzby heads U.S. Military Sealift Command

Buzby

   The U.S. Defense Department has appointed Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby to commander of the Navy’s Military Sealift Command.
   The Military Sealift Command operates more than 110 civilian-crewed, noncombatant ships to support military and humanitarian missions worldwide.
   Buzby, a 30-year veteran, comes from U.S. Fleet Forces Command at Norfolk, Va., where he was deputy chief of staff for global force management and joint operations. He officially replaced Rear Adm. Robert D. Reilly Jr., who headed the Military Sealift Command since March 2006, during a ceremony on board the Navy hospital ship Comfort in Baltimore on Friday.
   Buzby is a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y., and was commissioned in 1979.

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