PORMAL nang umupo si Commodore Jose Ma. Ambrosio Ezpeleta bilang bagong Chief of Naval Staff ng Philippine Navy.
Pinalitan ni Ezpeleta si Rear Admiral Caesar Bernard Valencia na umangat bilang vice commander ng Philippine Navy.
Pinangunahan ni Philippine Navy Flag-Officer-In-Command Vice Admiral Adeluis Bordado ang Change of Chief of Office Ceremony sa headquarters ng Philippine Navy sa lungsod ng Maynila.
Bago nito, si Ezpeleta ay nagsilbi bilang commander ng Naval Forces Southern Luzon.
Nanungkulan din si Ezpeleta na superintendent ng Naval School Center, assistant chief ng Naval Staff for Personnel (N1), deputy commander ng Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao, at deputy commander ng Naval Education Training Command.
