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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

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

Maj. Gen. Christopher T. Donahue, commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan/Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan, Resolute Support Mission, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Afghanistan, to commanding general, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Maj. Gen. Scott L. Efflandt, deputy commanding general, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas, to commanding general, 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Maj. Gen. Diana M. Holland, commanding general, South Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Atlanta, Georgia, to commanding general, Mississippi Valley Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Maj. Gen. David T. Isaacson, director of architecture, operations, networks and space, Office of the Chief Information Officer/G-6, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to chief of staff, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland.

Maj. Gen. Patrick E. Matlock, commanding general, 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss, Texas, currently deployed as deputy chief of staff, operations, Resolute Support Mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization; deputy commanding general (operations), U.S. Forces-Afghanistan; and commander, U.S. National Support Element Command-Afghanistan, to director of operations, U.N. Command/Combined Forces Command/U.S. Forces Korea, Republic of Korea.

Maj. Gen. Terrence J. McKenrick, commanding general, First Army Division East, Fort Knox, Kentucky, to deputy commanding general, V Corps, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey L. Milhorn, commanding general, North Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Brooklyn, New York, to deputy commanding general for military and international operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C.

Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to commanding general, U.S. Army Africa/Southern European Task Force, Italy.

Maj. Gen. Richard M. Toy, commanding general, Mississippi Valley Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Mississippi, to chief of staff, United Nations Command, Republic of Korea.

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) Douglas A. Sims II, deputy director for regional operations and force management, J-35, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Brig. Gen. Shan Bagby, deputy commanding general (support), U.S. Army Medical Command/Chief of the Dental Corps, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, to commanding general, Brooke Army Medical Center/Chief of the Dental Corps, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Larry Q. Burris Jr., deputy commanding general (support), 3d Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, to director, CJ3, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Iraq.

Brig. Gen. Jack M. Davis, deputy commanding general, Regional Health Command-Pacific; senior market manager, Hawaii Enhanced Multi-Service Market; and chief of the Army Nurse Corps, Honolulu, Hawaii, to commanding general, Regional Health Command-Pacific; and chief of the Army Nurse Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Brig. Gen. Robert B. Davis, senior defense official and attaché, U.S. Defense Attaché Office, China, to chief of staff, U.S. Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

Brig. Gen. David S. Doyle, deputy commanding general (Support), 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general, Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Brig. Gen. Patrick D. Frank, commanding general, Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Fort Polk, Louisiana, to chief of staff, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Brig. Gen. Wendy L. Harter, commanding general, Brooke Army Medical Center; deputy commanding general, Regional Health Command-Central; and market manager, San Antonio Military Health System, to commanding general, Regional Health Command-Central, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Mark H. Landes, commanding general, Security Force Assistance Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general, First Army Division East, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. Frederick M. O'Donnell, deputy commanding general (operations), 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, currently deployed to Operation Phantom Aegis, Kuwait, to deputy director for operations, National Joint Operations Intelligence Center, Operations Team One, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Andrew D. Preston, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to chief of staff, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Tickner, commanding general, Pacific Ocean Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to commanding general, North Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Brooklyn, New York.

Brig. Gen. John W. Weidner to deputy director, plans, J-5, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. He most recently served as director, U.S. Army Nuclear and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Col. (Promotable) David C. Foley, deputy commander (operations), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to deputy director for operations, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Col. (Promotable) Mark J. Hovatter, deputy director, strategy, plans and policy, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to deputy director, plans and strategic integration, J-5, U.S. Africa Command, Germany.

U.S. Army Reserve

Maj. Gen. David W. Ling, assistant deputy chief of staff, G-4 (Troop Program Unit), mobilization and training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, Washington, D.C., to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 79th Theater Sustainment Command, Los Alamitos, California.

Brig. Gen. Christopher Z. Barra, chief of staff (Troop Program Unit), 311th Sustainment Brigade (Expeditionary), Los Angeles, California, to deputy commanding general – support (Troop Program Unit), 63rd Readiness Division, Mountain View, California.

Brig. Gen. Timothy E. Brennan, deputy commanding general – support (Troop Program Unit), 99th Readiness Division, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, to commander (Troop Program Unit), 353rd Civil Affairs Command, Staten Island, New York.

Brig. Gen. Robert S. Cooley Jr., commander (Troop Program Unit), 353rd Civil Affairs Command, Staten Island, New York, to chief of staff (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Edward H. Merrigan Jr., commander (Troop Program Unit), Great Lakes Training Division, 84th Training Command, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, to deputy commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 84th Training Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. Jonathan C. Moyer, chief of staff (Troop Program Unit), 353rd Civil Affairs Command, Staten Island, New York, to deputy commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 335th Signal Command (Theater), East Point, Georgia