POINT LOMA — The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SPAWAR SSC Pacific) will host a change of command ceremony to mark a change in leadership on Friday, Dec. 10. Outgoing Capt. Mark T. Kohlheim, USN, will officially be relieved by Capt. Joseph J. Beel, USN, as commanding officer of the SSC Pacific) at 2 p.m. in a ceremony in front of the center’s headquarters building in Point Loma. Kohlheim has been SSC Pacific’s commanding officer since October 2007. During this assignment, he oversaw implementation of numerous changes to all major business, program and personnel systems, resulting in significant increases in the number, quality and impact of the command’s partnerships, recruiting and outreach programs, and technology transfer efforts. In 2009, Kohlheim was selected as San Diego’s Information Technology Executive of the Year by the San Diego Business Journal and as San Diego’s Top Influentials by the San Diego Daily Transcript. Beel reports from his previous assignment with the Program Executive Office (PEO) for command, control, communication, computers and intelligence, where he served as PEO chief of staff, as deputy for operations and as deputy program manager of the Navy Tactical Networks Program Office. Beel’s prior assignments included serving as officer-in-charge of Navy Warfare Development Command, Detachment San Diego, and as commanding officer of the Naval Air Technical Data and Engineering Service Command. SSC Pacific has been providing state-of-the-art command and control, communications and surveillance technology to the nation’s military from its Point Loma location since 1940.