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« Great White tour manager up for parole in September | Today | Photo: Sign of progress at Woonasquatucket Greenway » July 31, 2007Submariner is new commander at NUWC in NewportNEWPORT -- Rear Adm. (select) Patrick Brady, who has a history of serving aboard and commanding submarines as well as being involved with their research and development, assumed command today of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center. Brady relieved Rear Adm. Thomas Eccles, who has been in command of NUWC since March while also serving as deputy commander for undersea warfare at Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). Eccles will continue to serve as deputy commander of NAVSEA, responsible for the safety, certification, maintenance and modernization of the submarine fleet. The change-of-command took place this morning during an outdoor ceremony on the NUWC compound. The guest speaker was Vice Adm. Paul Sullivan, commander of NAVSEA, in Washington, D.C. Rear Admiral (select) Brady, a native of Camp Springs, Md., graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1981 and earned a graduate degree in national security affairs from the Naval Post Graduate School. -- Journal staff writer Richard Salit He served at sea on the ballistic missile submarine USS Lewis and Clark (BLUE), based in Charleston, S.C.; and onboard the fast attack submarines USS Omaha, based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; USS San Francisco, also based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and USS Drum, based in San Diego, Calif. He also commanded the fast attack submarine USS Portsmouth. Ashore, Rear Admiral (select) Brady served on the staff of Commander, Submarine Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet as a member of the Tactical Readiness Evaluation Team. Prior to assuming his new position, Rear Admiral (select) Brady served as the major program manager for advanced undersea systems. In that position, he was responsible for the research and development submarine NR-1, the USS Jimmy Carter and the Navy’s submarine escape and rescue systems, including deep submergence rescue vehicles, submarine rescue chambers, atmospheric diving systems, and the submarine rescue diving and recompression system. NUWC is the Navy’s research, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support center for submarines, autonomous underwater systems, and offensive and defensive weapons. Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsPost a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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