WASHINGTON – Rear Adm. Casey J. Moton relieved Rear Adm. James P. Downey as Program Government Officer for Plane Carriers (PEO CVN) throughout a change-of-office ceremony, July 7, on the Washington Navy Yard.
Moton assumed management of PEO CVN after beforehand serving because the Program Government Officer for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC).
Rear Adm. Moton acknowledged teammates from throughout the PEO CVN enterprise, representing Naval Reactors; trade, particularly HII Newport News Shipbuilding; NAVSEA headquarters, Naval Shipyards, Warfare Facilities, Regional Upkeep Facilities, and the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Newport News; in addition to companions at Naval Air Methods Command, Naval Data Warfare Methods Command, and Naval Provide Methods Command.
“The individuals of PEO Plane Carriers have achieved an extended record of essential milestones throughout [Downey’s] tenure,” stated Moton. “The PEO crew and our companions achieved this stuff in a time of immense problem, particularly the COVID-19 pandemic, and the next challenges to labor and provide chains. You’ve achieved this with a way of urgency pushed by Strategic Competitors. Admiral Downey’s regular hand has guided this crew to those successes.”
A local of Woodbridge, Virginia, Moton is a 1991 graduate of the USA Naval Academy. Over the course of his 34-year profession, Moton has served throughout all phases of floor ship design and shipbuilding. In his most up-to-date task as PEO USC, he was chargeable for acquisition and sustainment of the Navy’s increasing household of unmanned maritime programs, mine warfare programs, and small floor combatants.
Earlier in his profession, Moton led two main protection acquisition applications—first, as Main Program Supervisor for Littoral Fight Ship Mission Modules, main growth and testing of mission packages for floor warfare, mine countermeasures, and anti-submarine warfare; and later as Main Program Supervisor for the DDG 51 Program, the place his crew delivered the primary 5 ships after the restart of DDG-51 manufacturing; and positioned a further 12 ships underneath contract, together with the primary Flight III Destroyers.
Downey has been nominated to imagine the function of Commander, Naval Sea Methods Command and the rank of Vice Admiral. He’ll transition to a brief place as Particular Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Analysis, Growth, and Acquisition (ASN RDA) whereas awaiting affirmation.
A Give attention to Collaboration
Rear Adm. John F. Meier, U.S. Navy, Commander, Naval Air Pressure Atlantic, delivered the ceremony’s keynote deal with. As the sort commander chargeable for manning, coaching, and equipping all plane carriers primarily based on the east coast, Meier spoke concerning the shut and collaborative relationship he shared with Downey throughout his tenure as PEO CVN—a partnership that Meier and Moton intend to proceed.
Throughout his remarks, Meier pressured the significance of collaboration among the many operators who combat the ships and fly the missions and the acquisition professionals who ship the platforms and capabilities.
“When Rear Adm. Downey relieved Rear Adm. Antonio as PEO Plane Carriers in June 2019, I had simply taken command of Commander, Naval Air Pressure Atlantic,” Meier recalled. “Since then, we’ve collaborated on many initiatives to speed up readiness.”
“Rear Adm. Downey’s efforts over the previous 4 years will notice dividends for years to come back,” Meier stated. “Our nation and Navy are extra ready due to his service and dedication.”
The Honorable Fredrick J. “Jay” Stefany, performing ASN RDA, served as presiding officer for the ceremony. Throughout his remarks, Stefany underscored the important function Rear Adm. Downey performed in strengthening the partnerships amongst Navy and Business leaders, program managers, planners, and deckplate shipbuilders.
“Admiral Downey was instrumental in retaining stakeholders centered on guaranteeing Gerald R. Ford could be prepared for her present international deployment, because the centerpiece of Service Strike Group 12,” stated Stefany.
Stefany additionally reiterated his confidence in Moton as the best chief to hold PEO CVN’s momentum ahead.
“The Navy could be very fortunate to have you ever shifting your pennant from PEO USC to PEO Plane Carriers … a portfolio that’s completely important to America’s maritime dominance,” stated Stefany.
“I look ahead to seeing PEO CVN proceed to flourish underneath your watch, hitting key milestones, and offering much-needed functionality to our Fleet,” Stefany added.
Downey thanked his crew of greater than 200 professionals in this system workplace and praised the employees’s ardour and skill to collaborate, enabling the PEO to beat one problem after the subsequent and “get the laborious work executed.”
“When issues get robust on the geo-political panorama, the front-loaded query is all the time, ‘The place are the Carriers?’” stated Downey, including, “The work of delivering carriers and readiness to the fleet—with a way of urgency—feeds our most instant nationwide safety aims.”
Downey celebrated the numerous milestones the PEO CVN crew achieved throughout his tenure, which included:
- Delivering 16 of 21 plane carriers out of main CNO Availabilities efficiently, with a discount in common days of upkeep delay from 55 days to fifteen days
- Christening the longer term USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)
- Celebrating the Keel Laying for the longer term USS Enterprise (CVN 80) and First Reduce of Metal for the longer term USS Doris Miller (CVN 81)
- Introducing improvements in Built-in Digital Shipbuilding and partnering with the shipyards to empower efficiency, from deck-plate employees to senior administration
- Finishing decommissioning work on the Navy’s Floor Ship Help Barge , which served as major platform supporting complicated refueling, defueling, and upkeep operations for used reactor elements at Newport News Shipbuilding, from 1964 to 2016
- Finishing USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) Full ship shock trials and enabling her first full deployment
- Redelivering USS George Washington (CVN 73) from a really difficult Refueling and Advanced Overhaul
In closing, Downey welcomed Moton to the PEO Plane Carriers Household. “You’re about to embark on one of the exceptional assignments throughout the DOD,” Downey stated, “Main the crew of acquisition and sustainment professionals constructing probably the most formidable and sophisticated weapon system on the earth.”
