 After the Bronstein , according to Thompson , Moosally was assigned to Washington , D.C. in the Navy 's Bureau of Naval Personnel , where he worked for Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf , III . He was subsequently assigned to the destroyer USS Mahan as executive officer . After Mahan , Moosally was promoted to commander and was assigned to work for the Navy 's Chief of Naval Operations ( CNO ) office as a surface @-@ warfare program coordinator . Two years later , he became administrative assistant and aide to the CNO , Thomas B. Hayward . 
