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SUBJ/MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER OF THE NAVY SELECTION// 

REMARKS/1.  YESTERDAY AT A PENTAGON PRESS CONFERENCE, CNO GREENERT ANNOUNCED 
HIS SELECTION OF FLTCM(AW/NAC) MICHAEL D. STEVENS TO SERVE AS THE NEXT MASTER 
CHIEF PETTY OFFICER OF THE NAVY (MCPON).  HE WILL RELIEVE ME ON 28 SEPTEMBER 
2012 DURING A CEREMONY AT THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD.

2.  FLTCM STEVENS IS EMINENTLY QUALIFIED TO SERVE AS THE 13TH MCPON OF OUR 
GREAT NAVY.  HE WAS SELECTED FROM A DISTINGUISHED GROUP OF SENIOR FLAG-LEVEL 
CMCS, ALL OF WHOM TRULY PERSONIFY THE VIRTUES AND HIGH STANDARDS WE DEMAND 
FROM NAVY LEADERSHIP.  CURRENTLY ASSIGNED AS FLEET MASTER CHIEF OF U.S. FLEET 
FORCES COMMAND, HE BRINGS 29 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING PREVIOUS CMC TOURS 
WITH U.S. SECOND FLEET, HELICOPTER SEA COMBAT WING ATLANTIC, HELICOPTER MINE 
COUNTERMEASURES SQUADRON FOURTEEN, AND NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA.  HE IS 
UNDOUBTEDLY EQUIPPED TO ENGAGE ON THE ISSUES THAT WILL DEFINE OUR NAVY IN THE 
COMING YEARS.

3.  I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH FLTCM STEVENS OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS ON 
THE ISSUES CRITICAL TO THE READINESS OF OUR FLEET AND THE SAILORS WHO MAKE IT 
THE MOST POWERFUL MARITIME FORCE FOR FREEDOM IN HISTORY.

4.  MCPON WEST SENDS.//

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