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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 478-96
August 09, 1996

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William J. Perry announced today that the President has nominated Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Redden, United States Air Force, for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general with assignment as commander, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. Redden is currently assigned as the commander, Joint Warfighting Center, Fort Monroe, Va.

Redden was born Feb. 16, 1943, in Council Bluffs, Iowa.