Dianna Wolfson, center, the director of Fleet Maintenance for U.S. Fleet Forces Command, at the ceremony where she was promoted to rear admiral. Placing pins on her uniform are her son, Hunter, left, and Admiral Daryl Caudle, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command. PROVIDED

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA – Dianna Wolfson, the director of Fleet Maintenance for U.S. Fleet Forces Command, was promoted to rear admiral (lower half) during a ceremony at the USFF headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, Dec. 13.

“I have been blessed to work with the most amazing people and am grateful that the Navy has afforded me many opportunities in my career,” said Wolfson. “I am honored to continue to serve our Navy and country.”

Wolfson is responsible for overseeing all depot maintenance and modernization programs and requirements, budget and funding for all aircraft carriers, submarines, surface ships and aircraft; maintenance program matters related to Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems and Intelligence equipment; as well as functional requirements of Maintenance and Modernization Information Technology systems utilized to plan and execute Navy maintenance.

Hailing from Fort Myers, Wolfson graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, in 1996 where she received a bachelor of science degree in marine systems engineering (magna cum laude) and was commissioned in the Nuclear Power Officer Candidate Program.

Before her current assignment at USFF, Wolfson served as the 50th Commander of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility and Northwest Regional Maintenance Center followed by a second command tour as the 110th Commander at Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

USFFC is responsible for manning, training, equipping and employing more than 125 ships, 1,000 aircraft, and 103,000 active duty service members and government employees, and providing combat-ready forces forward to numbered fleets and combatant commanders around the globe in support of U.S. national interests. USFFC also serves as the Navy’s Service Component Commander to both U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Strategic Command, and providing naval forces in support of joint missions as Commander, Naval Forces Northern Command and Commander, Naval Forces Strategic Command. USFFC is the Strategic Command Joint Force Maritime Component Commander and executes Task Force Atlantic in coordination with U.S. Naval Forces Europe.