I normally ignore Mr Willie, and this is a good reason why.

CDR Russ Bartlett is the current Blue Angel Boss.

Capt John Pruitt is the currnet CO of NAS Pensacola.

Fine job of reading an editing.

JD


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Former Miramar, Lemoore pilot to head Navy's Blue Angels ASSOCIATED
PRESS

(EXCERPT) 1:22 p.m. April 22, 2004

PENSACOLA, Fla. - A veteran of combat over Afghanistan was named
Thursday as the next leader of the Blue Angels, the Navy's precision
flying team.

Cmdr. Stephen R. Foley, now a graduate student at the Naval War
College in Newport, R.I., will assume command of the Blue Angels at
Pensacola Naval Air Station on Nov. 14 after the 2004 air show season
ends. He will fly the No. 1 jet in the six-plane team for the next two
years.

Rear Adm. George E. Mayer, chief of naval air training in Corpus
Christi, Texas, announced Foley's selection from seven finalists. He
will replace Capt. John Pruitt, of Birmingham, Ala., who has headed
the team for the past two years.

Foley is a native of Charlestown, Mass. He graduated in 1984...

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