In a ceremony June 12, the charge of Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 10 Detachment Fleet Support Unit changed as Cmdr. Daniel B. Morio relieved Cmdr. Michael T. Scarry as officer in charge of the Fleet Support Unit. 

Under the charge of Scarry, FSU deployed teams to 5th Fleet and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility and safely conducted more than 1,700 sorties for a total of over 12,000 flight hours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Morio is a 1991 U.S. Naval Academy graduate from Springhill, Fla. He began his naval career flying the P-3C Orion for Patrol Squadron 46 here at NAS Whidbey Island. Subsequent tours saw Morio as Task Group Watch Officer for Tactical Support Center, Sigonella, Sicily and catapult and arresting gear officer aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) homeported in Everett.

Upon graduation from the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College he reported aboard Patrol Squadron 16 as a department head. Prior to reporting aboard the Fleet Support Unit, Morio served in a joint acquisition billet as the Military Assistant for Strategic Planning for Defense Test Resource Management Center, a field agency of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Morio reported to FSU as assistant officer-in-charge in January 2008. He recently completed multiple deployments to Central Command and Pacific Command and will focus on training for the upcoming FSU Detachments later this year. 

Cmdr. Stephen Ruscheinski steps in as Fleet Support Unit assistant officer-in-charge.

Scarry, a Sacramento, Calif. Native, retired following the ceremony after 20 years of naval service.