[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 51 (Friday, March 22, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2619-S2620]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate March 22, 2024:


                             THE JUDICIARY

       LEON SCHYDLOWER, OF TEXAS, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT 
     JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS.
       ERNEST GONZALEZ, OF TEXAS, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT 
     JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS.


                              IN THE NAVY

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

CAPT. TUAN NGUYEN
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

CAPT. DOUGLAS J. ADAMS
CAPT. DANIEL W. ETTLICH
CAPT. TODD M. EVANS
CAPT. PETER D. SMALL


                            IN THE AIR FORCE

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE 
     OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 12203:

                          To be major general

BRIG. GEN. PAUL R. FAST
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES 
     OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE TO 
     THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 
     AND 12212:

                          To be major general

BRIG. GEN. ANNMARIE K. ANTHONY
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT AS CHIEF OF 
     CHAPLAINS FOR THE AIR FORCE AND THE SPACE FORCE AND 
     APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE 
     INDICATED WHILE SO SERVING IN THAT POSITION UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 9039:

                          To be major general

BRIG. GEN. TRENT C. DAVIS


                              IN THE ARMY

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE 
     OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADES INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 12203:

                          To be major general

BRIG. GEN. JOSEPH A. RICCIARDI

                        To be brigadier general

COL. LOUISA R. BARGERON
COL. CHARLES R. BELL


                              IN THE NAVY

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                           To be rear admiral

REAR ADM. (LH) DION D. ENGLISH
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                           To be rear admiral

REAR ADM. (LH) SUSAN BRYERJOYNER
REAR ADM. (LH) RALPH R. SMITH III
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                           To be rear admiral

REAR ADM. (LH) ELIZABETH S. OKANO
REAR ADM. (LH) KURT J. ROTHENHAUS
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                           To be rear admiral

REAR ADM. (LH) MARK D. BEHNING
REAR ADM. (LH) THOMAS R. BUCHANAN
REAR ADM. (LH) CHRISTOPHER J. CAVANAUGH
REAR ADM. (LH) JENNIFER S. COUTURE
REAR ADM. (LH) WILLIAM R. DALY
REAR ADM. (LH) ERIK J. ESLICH
REAR ADM. (LH) RONALD A. FOY
REAR ADM. (LH) PATRICK J. HANNIFIN
REAR ADM. (LH) GREGORY C. HUFFMAN
REAR ADM. (LH) KEVIN P. LENOX
REAR ADM. (LH) OLIVER T. LEWIS
REAR ADM. (LH) MARC J. MIGUEZ
REAR ADM. (LH) BENJAMIN R. NICHOLSON
REAR ADM. (LH) CARLOS A. SARDIELLO


                            IN THE AIR FORCE

       THE FOLLOWING AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES 
     OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE TO 
     THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 
     AND 12212:

                        To be brigadier general

COL. TODD D. MILLER
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 624:

                        To be brigadier general

COL. DAVID W. KELLEY


                              IN THE ARMY

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                        To be brigadier general

COL. RONNIE D. ANDERSON, JR.
COL. BRYAN L. BABICH
COL. JEREMY A. BARTEL
COL. JAMES T. BLEJSKI, JR.
COL. W.M. BOCHAT
COL. ROBERT G. BORN
COL. KIRK E. BRINKER
COL. ROBERT S. BROWN
COL. KEVIN S. CHANEY
COL. KENNETH C. COLE
COL. KEVIN L. COTMAN
COL. JOHNATON L. DAWBER
COL. DAVID P. ELSEN
COL. JOSEPH M. EWERS
COL. EUGENE J. FERRIS
COL. RONALD L. FRANKLIN, JR.
COL. ROGELIO J. GARCIA
COL. PETER C. GLASS
COL. JOSEPH C. GOETZ II
COL. PHILLIP J. KINIERY III
COL. PAUL T. KRATTIGER
COL. JOHN P. KUNSTBECK
COL. MATTHEW J. LENNOX
COL. ROBERT J. MIKESH, JR.
COL. ZACHARY L. MILLER
COL. JIN H. PAK
COL. WILLIAM M. PARKER
COL. ALLEN J. PEPPER
COL. BRENDAN C. RAYMOND
COL. ADAM D. SMITH
COL. TERRY R. TILLIS
COL. GEORGE C. TURNER, JR.
COL. SHANE M. UPTON
COL. ERIC J. VANDENBOSCH
COL. JASON T. WILLIAMS
COL. KEVIN J. WILLIAMS
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE 
     OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 12203:

                        To be brigadier general

COL. CHARLES M. CAUSEY
COL. RODERICK F. LAUGHMAN
COL. URBI N. LEWIS


                            IN THE AIR FORCE

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A 
     POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 601:

                        To be lieutenant general

MAJ. GEN. DEREK C. FRANCE


                          IN THE MARINE CORPS

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES MARINE CORPS TO THE GRADE INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO 
     A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 601:

                        To be lieutenant general

MAJ. GEN. ERIC E. AUSTIN


                              IN THE ARMY

       ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH BENJAMIN J. ALLISON AND 
     ENDING WITH PATRICK R. WIGGINS, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE 
     RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL 
     RECORD ON OCTOBER 19, 2023.
       ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH LLOYD G. ABIGANIA AND 
     ENDING WITH 0002926605, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY 
     THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON 
     OCTOBER 19, 2023.
       ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH BRENNAN R. ABRAHAMSON AND 
     ENDING WITH 0002325489, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY 
     THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON 
     OCTOBER 19, 2023.
       ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JEREL Q. ABAS AND ENDING 
     WITH 0002765821, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE 
     SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON OCTOBER 
     19, 2023.

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       ARMY NOMINATION OF ANDREW C. ODDO, TO BE MAJOR.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF ANDREW J. ACOSTA, TO BE MAJOR.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF COLBY S. MILLER, TO BE MAJOR.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF SETH M. WILLIAMS, TO BE MAJOR.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF AARON R. MONKMAN, TO BE MAJOR.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF JOSEPH R. COTTON, TO BE MAJOR.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF JUAN C. GONGORA, TO BE MAJOR.
       ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH MATTHEW A. DUGARD AND 
     ENDING WITH JAMES R. JOHNSON, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED 
     BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON 
     FEBRUARY 29, 2024.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF ARNOLD J. STEINLAGE III, TO BE MAJOR.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF ARLENE JOHNSON, TO BE MAJOR.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF DARIM C. NESSLER, TO BE MAJOR.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF BRANDI N. HICKS, TO BE COLONEL.
       ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH NATHAN A. BENNINGTON AND 
     ENDING WITH ANDREW S. WAGNER, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED 
     BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON 
     FEBRUARY 29, 2024.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF SANDEEP R. N. RAHANGDALE, TO BE 
     LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF WENDI J. DICK, TO BE LIEUTENANT COLONEL.


                          IN THE MARINE CORPS

       MARINE CORPS NOMINATION OF BENJAMIN J. GRASS, TO BE 
     COLONEL.
       MARINE CORPS NOMINATION OF THOMAS C. FARRINGTON II, TO BE 
     COLONEL.
       MARINE CORPS NOMINATION OF YULIYA OMAROV, TO BE LIEUTENANT 
     COLONEL.


                              IN THE NAVY

       NAVY NOMINATION OF MEGAN M. GRUBBS, TO BE CAPTAIN.
       NAVY NOMINATION OF JOHN O. WILSON, TO BE LIEUTENANT 
     COMMANDER.
       NAVY NOMINATION OF BRACKERY L. BATTLE, TO BE COMMANDER.
       NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH DANIEL J. BALDOR AND ENDING 
     WITH MATTHEW A. WAGNER, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY 
     THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON 
     FEBRUARY 29, 2024.
       NAVY NOMINATION OF WILLIAM J. ROY, JR., TO BE CAPTAIN.
       NAVY NOMINATION OF COLETTE B. LAZENKA, TO BE CAPTAIN.
       NAVY NOMINATION OF NIKOLAOS SIDIROPOULOS, TO BE CAPTAIN.