Rear Adm. Robert Girrier, vice commander, Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command, delivers remarks

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Jun. 05, 2009) Rear Adm. Robert Girrier, vice commander, Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command, delivers remarks during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the renovated Mine Countermeasures Class Squadron Headquarters at Naval Base Point Loma. The $1.2 million renovation, performed by Allen Engineering Inc. and managed by Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, supports the finding of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Committee 2005, which will move the Mine Warfare community from Naval Station Ingleside, Texas to San Diego. The renovation was one of five scheduled facility upgrades, to Naval Base Point Loma, supporting the Mine Warfare community move. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Yan M. Kennon) File# 090605-N-6357K-001