St. Augustine Naval Officer Marc Williams promoted to Rear Admiral
St. Augustine’s Marc F. Williams now wears the title of rear admiral, serving as deputy commander of the Navy Closure Task Force – Red Hill (NCTF-RH) onboard the USS Arizona Memorial located on the shores of Hawaii.
According to recently released official documents, Rear Adm. Williams is assigned to safely close the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in conjunction with the NCTF-RH which was established by the Department of the Navy as an “enduring commitment to protect the community and the environment.”
Sporting 25 years of service as a Naval Seabee, the rear admiral will tackle what’s being described as a difficult engineering problem, one that he feels uniquely qualified to complete.
“We know what we need to do,” he said.
Rear Adm. Williams described the Navy’s Seabee — the Navy’s construction battalion assigned to build temporary and permanent infrastructures at U.S. military locations across the globe, including Antarctica — as having a can-do mentality that can adapt and find safe workable solutions.