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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

The chief of staff, Army announced the following assignments:

Maj. Gen. Daniel P. Hughes, program executive officer, command, control and communications (Tactical), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to deputy commanding general, support, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan.

Maj. Gen. Camille M. Nichols, director, business operations, Office of Business Transformation, Office of the Under Secretary of the Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to director, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, Department of Defense Human Resources Activity, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), Alexandria, Virginia.

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey J. Snow, director, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, Department of Defense Human Resources Activity, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), Alexandria, Virginia, to commanding general, U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) James E. Rainey, commandant, U.S. Army Infantry School, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning, Georgia, to commanding general, 3d Infantry Division and Fort Stewart, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Brig. Gen. Francis M. Beaudette, deputy commanding general, operations, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas, to assistant commander, support, Joint Special Operations Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Richard C. Kim, deputy commanding general, maneuver, 2d Infantry Division, Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, to director, CJ-35, Resolute Support Mission Joint Command, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan.