SAN DIEGO
The San Diego-based Navy command in charge of the service’s bases across California and Nevada is changing hands, as one Navy admiral heads into retirement and another takes the reins in a role sometimes described as the “Navy Mayor” of San Diego.
Rear Adm. Stephen Barnett will assume command of Navy Region Southwest at a ceremony Friday at Naval Air Station North Island, the Navy said in a statement. He most recently served as the commander of Navy Region Northwest in Kitsap, Wash. and was the commanding officer of Naval Base Coronado from 2015 to 2016.
Barnett is the third Black officer to serve as San Diego’s unofficial “Navy Mayor” and the first to do so as commander of Navy Region Southwest, which was established in 1999. Rear Adm. Benjamin Hacker held the title as the commander of Naval Base San Diego in the late 1980s. Rear Adm. Samuel Gravely, Jr. the first Black man in the Navy to achieve the rank of flag officer held the title from 1975 to 19
San Diego-based Navy sailor, George Floyd s cousin speaks about losing family member
George Floyd s cousin Gary Jones was deployed in Guam at the time Floyd died. On Wednesday, he shared candid moments and memories of growing up with Floyd. Author: Heather Hope (Reporter) Updated: 6:17 PM PDT May 19, 2021
SAN DIEGO Recounting times spent with his cousin George Floyd, U.S. Navy Culinary Specialist CS3 Gary Jones said his cousin always used to tell him he was going to be famous. He told me one day the whole world was going to know him. I had no idea that the whole world would know him this way,” said Jones, whose mother is sisters with Floyd’s mother.