The Naval Facilities Engineering Command is getting a new leader. Rear Adm. Wayne G. "Greg" Shear, Jr., will become head of NAVFAC at a change of command ceremony scheduled for Oct. 27 at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard.
Shear, who since 2004 has been deputy director of the Ashore Readiness Division in the Chief of Naval Operations office, will take over from Rear Adm. Michael K. Loose, who has been NAVFAC's commander since 2003.