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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

The chief of staff, Army, announced the following assignments:

Maj. Gen. Wayne W. Grigsby Jr., commander, combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Operation Enduring Freedom, Djibouti, to commanding general, 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Maj. Gen. Brian J. McKiernan, deputy commanding general (operations), Eighth U.S. Army, Republic of Korea, to commanding general, First Army Division East, Fort Meade, Maryland.

Brig. Gen. John A. George, deputy director, program analysis and evaluation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to director, requirements integration directorate, Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Michael J. Warmack, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Special Forces Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Eric J. Wesley, deputy commanding general (support), 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, to deputy director, program analysis and evaluation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.