Command gets new leader

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- Rear Adm. Brian Brown is the new leader of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command at NASA's Stennis Space Center. He relieved Rear Adm. Jonathan White in a change of command ceremony Friday. Brown most recently served as deputy oceanography of the Navy in Washington, but before that was executive officer of the Naval Oceanographic Office at SSC. White is moving to Washington to become oceanographer of the Navy. The command's mission is to monitor weather and ocean conditions worldwide. (Source: WLOX-TV, Sun Herald, 08/03/12)