The Navy has appointed Rear Adm. Kavon Hakimzadeh to a newly created position of commodore over the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
Under a two-year pilot project, Hakimzadeh will oversee maintenance at the public shipyard in Portsmouth. Most recently, the Admiral commanded the USS Eisenhower Strike group during its most recent deployment to the Red Sea.
“The Commodore position at NNSY has been established to manage the tremendous span of responsibility across the yard as they execute intermediate and depot-level maintenance on submarines and carriers while also managing supporting functions off-base,” according to a Navy spokesman…