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Change of command at MSC Pacific
MSCPAC is responsible for MSC ships operating in the Eastern Pacific and also serves as commander for Task Force 33, directing the underway delivery of fuel, provisions, ordnance and towing services to Navy combatants in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility.
Moore comes to MSCPAC from the Board of Inspection and Survey where he served as assistant deputy chief of staff. Moore's sea tours include USS Okinawa, USS Belleau Wood, USS Independence, USS Juneau, USS Dubuque and USS Harry S. Truman. His shore tours include officer-in-charge at Port Operations Little Creek; executive officer of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and commanding officer of Naval Brig Norfolk. Moore has deployed in support of operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
Rear Adm. Brian LaRoche, deputy commander, Military Sealift Command, served as guest speaker for the change of command ceremony and presented Hamel with the Legion of Merit for his outstanding performance as commander of MSCPAC.
Since assuming command of MSCPAC in May 2009, Hamel has overseen a wide range of operations and exercises, including two Operation Deep Freeze resupply missions to Antarctica, the deployment of an MSC hospital ship on the 2010 Pacific Partnership humanitarian assistance mission and the 2010 Rim of the Pacific exercise.
Hamel will report to commander, Naval Reserve Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., where he will serve as chief of staff.
"It was an honor to serve with the professional mariners of MSC," Hamel said at the ceremony. "Day and night, our mariners delivered to the sailors of 3rd Fleet and our tug and salvage crews supported tow, dive and deep ocean recovery operations. Ashore, at MSCPAC, it was a pleasure to work with the sealift team."
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