Rear Adm. Katherine L. Gregory has been named the new commander of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command and the Navy’s chief of civil engineers, the Dept. of Defense announced on June 18. Gregory will be the first woman to lead NAVFAC in its long history, which it traces to the formation of the Bureau of Navy Yards and Docks in 1842.
Gregory, who has been commander of NAVFAC Pacific and also Pacific Fleet civil engineer since July 2010, will succeed Rear Adm. Christopher J. Mossey in the top NAVFAC post. Mossey has been NAVFAC commander since May 2010.