Base Commander Named Rear Admiral
John V. Chenevey, commanding officer of the Point Mugu and China Lake Navy bases, was promoted to rear admiral Monday in a ceremony in Washington, D.C., a Navy spokesman said.
Chenevey took command of the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, in July, overseeing the Navy’s missile-testing operations at Point Mugu and its sister base at China Lake, in the upper Mojave Desert.
His Navy career began in 1967, when he enlisted in the Aviation Reserve Officers Candidate program while attending Ohio University. He was commissioned as an officer in 1970 and designated a naval aviator in 1971. He has flown various aircraft during his career, including the F/A-18 Hornet fighter bomber.
Like his predecessor, Adm. Dana McKinney, Chenevey will be stationed at China Lake but will be commanding officer responsible for both bases in California and the Ordnance Missile Test Station in White Sands, N.M.
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