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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The First Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiment (1st NELR) held a change of command ceremony at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown-Cheatham Annex, April 16.
Capt. Joseph A. Davis relieved Capt. Michael J. Stiglitz as commodore.
Rear Adm. Valerie K. Huegel, commander, Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (COMNAVELSG), gave the ceremony’s keynote address.
“Capt. Stiglitz has performed brilliantly and flawlessly as both deputy commander and as commodore of my 1st Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiment,” said Huegel. “He has made us better, more capable and, more importantly, ready to go.”
Huegel presented Stiglitz with the Legion of Merit as an end-of-tour award. Stiglitz attributed the award to the hard work and support of the NAVELSG Sailors and leaders.
“I have had the privilege of serving with a staff that is a terrific group of motivated professionals,” said Stiglitz. “Our team of Full Time Service [FTS], active duty, selected reservists and civilians make this force run.”
The ceremony marked the end of Stiglitz's second tour with NAVELSG. Huegel recalled his time as the planning officer during his first tour where he came up with the original concept of regiments. During his second tour with NAVELSG, he served both as the deputy of NAVELSG and as commodore of 1st NELR.
“My first tour in cargo, at NCHB 1, called NAVCHAPGRU at that time, was the beginning of my cargo journey,” said Stiglitz. “Myself and other young officers cut our teeth in the business of cargo handling, we have grown up together doing this mission, and I am proud to count myself as a cargo handler.”
Upon assuming command, Davis recognized Stiglitz’s hard work and leadership in increasing the regiment’s readiness and successfully certifying for deployment over the past three years.
“I recognize that I have been chosen to lead some of the best Sailors in the Navy,” said Davis. “I do not take that accountability lightly.”
Prior to arriving at NAVELSG, Davis served as the chief of staff for logistics, U.S. Naval Forces Korea. His operational background includes USS Yellowstone (AD 41), USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) and as executive officer of Navy Cargo Handling Battalion ONE (NCHB 1). He commanded Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 1 from 2011 to 2013.
Davis has served for the past 30 years, enlisting in the Navy’s Nuclear Power Program Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program at Prairie View A&M University, in Prairie View, Texas, in 1985, where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting. He also received a Master of Science in Information Technology Management from Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
NAVELSG is homeported in Williamsburg, Virginia, with an active battalion located at Cheatham Annex; with forward-deployed detachments and reserve battalions located across the United States. NAVELSG provides Sailors with the knowledge and skills needed to support the fleet's surface and air-handling mission. More than 100 Sailors and civilians work hand-in-hand with the fleet and are dedicated to ensuring training is current and well-executed on behalf of 2,800 active duty and reserve Sailors in the administration, logistics and training of their active and reserve components.
| Date Taken: | 04.16.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 04.16.2015 21:25 |
| Story ID: | 160286 |
| Location: | WILLIAMSBURG, VA, US |
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