OAK HARBOR — Navy Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 10 will have a new commanding officer Thursday.
Capt. Kenneth Seliga will assume command from Capt. David Taylor in a ceremony scheduled at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.
As wing commander, Seliga will be responsible for about 2,700 personnel and 36 aircraft of three maritime patrol squadrons and plus one reserve group. He’s also responsible for two fleet air reconnaissance squadrons. Patrol squadrons fly the propeller-driven P-3C Orion aircraft, and the reconnaissance groups fly EP-3 Aries airplanes.
The guest speaker for the change-of-command ceremony will be Rear Adm. Brian Prindle, commander of Patrol and Reconnaissance Group based in Norfolk, Va.
Taylor, who will next serve with the USS Nimitz strike group as chief of staff in San Diego, oversaw the wing’s transition from squadron-level maintenance to a consolidated maintenance system. The combined organization includes nearly 1,000 maintenance personnel from six squadrons.
Seliga is from Hatboro, Penn. He graduated from Temple University and attended Aviation Officer Candidate School. He earned his aviator wings in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Seliga has served with Patrol Squadron 49 and Patrol Squadron 30, and was assigned to a carrier group in San Diego. He’s returning to Whidbey, where he served with both patrol and reconnaissance squadrons.
His most recent assignment was with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C., where he was combat commander liaison officer. The job entailed coordinating the identification, collection and assessment of fighting needs of the services.
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