Captain Mark D. Sohaney

Commander, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

Captain Mark Sohaney enlisted as a sonar technician in 1987. He served aboard USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) homeported in San Diego, California. He deployed to the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In 1993 he was selected for a commissioning program at NROTC San Diego, graduating from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Summa Cum Laude. He was designated a Naval Flight Officer (NFO) May 1997.

Colonel Monica D. Gramling

Deputy Commander, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

Colonel Monica Gramling is the Commander, 647th Air Base Group, 15th Wing, and Deputy Commander, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. In the 647th Air Base Group, she leads 900 personnel and five squadrons to deliver the full range of mission support for base, theater and global air/joint operations as required by the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command and the Commander, Pacific Air Forces.

Captain Andrew H. Ring

Chief Staff Officer, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

Captain Andrew Homer Ring, a native of Wilmore, KS, joined the Kansas Army National Guard and Army Reserve in 1992 as a cannon crewmember in field artillery.  In 1993, he received an Honorable Discharge from the Army Reserve and received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering.

CMSgt Gary Haley II

Senior Enlisted Leader-Air Force, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

CMSgt Gary Haley II is the Air Force Senior Enlisted Leader for Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and Superintendent, 647th Air Base Group, 15th Wing. In these roles he advises Joint Base and 647th Air Base Group leaders on all matters regarding morale, utilization, readiness, training and professional development of 2,450 joint military and civilian personnel across five squadrons and six departments.

CMDCS Emanuel Bolton

Senior Enlisted Leader, Pacific Missile Range Facility

CMDCS Emanuel “Manny” Bolton, a native of Chicago, Illinois and graduate of Oak Park and River Forest High School, entered the Navy through Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois. Upon completion of Basic Training, he completed Sonar Technician “A” & MK 116 “C” Schools in San Diego, CA. Bolton’s sea tours include USS CHUNG-HOON (DDG 93), where he served as the Weapons Departmental Leading Chief Petty Officer and CA Division Leading Chief Petty Officer, deploying to C5F and C6F in support of Operation NOBLE TORCH and Exercise CUTLASS EXPRESS; aboard USS PORT ROYAL (CG 73), serving as CA Division LPO, deploying to C5F in support of Operation NEW DAWN and various maritime campaigns; aboard USS CHOSIN for initial sea assignment as Work Center Supervisor, deploying to C5F in support of Operations ENDURING and IRAQI FREEDOM.