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Pearl Harbor Shipyard Holds Change of Command Ceremony

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS100907-21
9/7/2010

From Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Public Affairs

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (PHNSY) and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (IMF) held a change of command ceremony Sept. 3 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

Rear Adm. (Select) Gregory Thomas was relieved by Capt. Brian Osgood as commander, PHNSY and IMF.

Osgood is the 45th commander of the largest industrial employer in the state of Hawaii and the largest ship repair facility between the U.S. West Coast and the Far East.

"To the men and women of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, I am thrilled to be back and ready to serve you as your commander," said Osgood.

Osgood was assigned to the shipyard twice before, as a project superintendent from 2000 to 2003, and as nuclear production manager and then operations officer from 2006 to 2009. He most recently headed the Fleet Maritime Readiness Branch in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) at the Pentagon.

"I have full confidence that we've picked the right person for the job," said Vice Adm. Kevin McCoy, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). "Brian's performance in all of his undertakings, including most recently having served as the waterfront operations officer right here at this Shipyard and having served on the CNO's maintenance staff back in Washington, have marked him as a leader who knows how to get the job done."

Thomas assumed command of PHNSY and IMF in June 2007. He has been assigned as the next commander of Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va.

McCoy presented Thomas with a Legion of Merit award for his exceptionally meritorious conduct during his outstanding three-year tour of duty as shipyard commander. Thomas led the most dramatic turnaround in the shipyard's overall performance in the past 20 years through resourceful leadership and technical expertise, which resulted in unprecedented levels of productivity in accomplishing intermediate-level submarine maintenance.

"Our shipyard's goal is to become the No. 1 naval shipyard in 2012. In partnership with Naval Sea Systems Command, our shipyard will achieve this goal," said Thomas. "To cap off your winning streak, last month, the Secretary of Defense recognized you as the top depot maintenance activity in all four military services of the Department of Defense wide. You won the Robert T. Mason award; the first NAVSEA activity to ever win this prestigious award. That kind of performance comes as a result of a Shipyard workforce that has committed to excellence."

"The past three years under Greg Thomas' watch have been terrific," said McCoy. "The Navy does not select admirals based on their superb performance to date. The Navy selected you as an admiral, Greg, based on what we know you will do for our nation in the future, and we absolutely picked the right man. Thank you again for all you have done for our nation, our Navy and this great Shipyard!"

PHNSY and IMF is a full-service naval shipyard and regional maintenance center for the Navy's surface ships and submarines. It is a field activity of NAVSEA. The largest of the Navy's systems commands, NAVSEA engineers, builds, buys and maintains naval ships, submarines and their combat systems. Strategically located in the mid-Pacific, PHNSY and IMF is about a week of steam time closer to potential major regional contingencies in East Asia than sites on the West Coast.