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Joint Region Marianas: Bolivar out, Chatfield in
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- Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, right, assumes command of Joint Region Marianas, from Rear Adm. Bette Bolivar during a change of command ceremony at the Father Duenas Memorial School Phoenix Center in Mangilao Jan. 27. (Contributed Photo)
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- Rear Adm. Bette Bolivar is piped ashore during her change of command ceremony at the Father Duenas Memorial School Phoenix Center in Mangilao Jan. 27. Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield relieved Bolivar as commander, Joint Region Marianas. (Contributed Photo)
ASAN, Guam—Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield relieved Rear Adm. “Bette” Bolivar during a change of command ceremony on Friday, Jan. 27.
Chatfield will serve as commander, Joint Region Marianas; commander, U.S. Naval Forces Marianas; U.S. Pacific Command, Senior Military Official Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau and Commander, Task Force West.
She reports to Guam after serving as U.S. Deputy Military Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Military Committee in Brussels, Belgium.
Chatfield expressed that it is the people of Guam and the warmth of their hospitality that inspired her to return to the island.
“It was my previous experience [in] Guam, the operational importance of the infrastructure and units assigned here, and the relevant work to be done that caused me to seek this assignment,” said Chatfield. “It feels good to come home to Guam. David and I are so excited to be here, and he joins me in saying thank you.”
