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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

The chief of staff of the Army announces the following officer assignments:

Maj. Gen. Scott L. Efflandt, special assistant to the commanding general, III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort Hood, Texas, to deputy commanding general, III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort Hood, Texas.

Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Kamper, deputy commanding general, III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort hood, Texas, to commanding general, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Brig. Gen. Michele H. Bredenkamp, vice director for intelligence, J-2, Joint Staff (Defense Intelligence Agency), Washington, District of Columbia, to director of intelligence, U.S. Forces Korea; and deputy director of intelligence, Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea.

Brig. Gen. Michael R. Eastman, deputy director for joint force development and design integration, J-7, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy commanding general, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New York.

Brig. Gen. Kevin C. Leahy, deputy commanding general (operations), 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to director, Transregional Threat Coordination Cell, J-5, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Duane R. Miller, commanding general, Army Corrections Command; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Arlington, Virginia, to deputy provost marshal general, Office of the Provost Marshal General; and commanding general, Army Corrections Command; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Michael T. Morrissey to director for test, Missile Defense Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. He most recently served as commanding general, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Mark T. Simerly, commanding general, 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, to director, J-4, U.S. Forces Korea; and deputy director, C/J-4, U.N. Command/Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea.

U.S. Army Reserve

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) John H. Phillips, chief information officer and deputy chief of staff, G-6, U.S. Army Europe (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to commander (Troop Program Unit), 335th Signal Command (Theater), East Point, Georgia.