Politics & Government

USS Ronald Reagan Ceremony on Monday to Include Gun Salute

The aircraft carrier will host the Third Fleet change of command at 1 p.m.

Vice Adm. Kenneth Floyd will take over as commander of the Navy's Third Fleet Monday during a 1 p.m. change-of-command ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.

The Third Fleet, which was formed in World War II, conducts operations in the eastern and northern Pacific.

Floyd will assume command from Vice Adm. Gerald Beaman, who is retiring after a 35-year Navy career. The ceremony will include a gunfire salute.

Most recently, Floyd was assistant deputy chief of naval operations for warfare systems at the Pentagon. The former fighter pilot – a veteran of operations Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom – also has commanded Air Wing 7, was executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation, and served an aide to the head of the Naval Space Command.

Beaman is a former fighter pilot who flew missions in the Persian Gulf and commanded the Navy detachment of the Fighter Weapons School  known as Top Gun.

– City News Service


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