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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 169-00
April 07, 2000

FLAG AND GENERAL OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS

Attached are flag and general officer assignments as announced by the Departments of the Navy and Army.

NAVY

NAME PRESENT ASSIGNMENT NEW ASSIGNMENT
Johnson, John M.
Rear Admiral
Commander
Carrier Group SIX
Director for Operations
J3,
U.S. European Command

ARMY

Cash, Dean W.
Major General
Commanding General, U.S. Army Alaska/Deputy Commander, U.S. Alaskan Command, Fort Richardson, Alaska Director for Joint Experimentation, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Va.
Marcello, John J.
Major General
Chief, U.S. Military Training Mission Saudi Arabia, U.S. Central Command, Saudi Arabia Commanding General, U.S. Army Test & Evaluation Command, Alexandria, Va.
Batiste, John R.
Brigadier General
Assistant Division Commander (Maneuver), 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas Deputy Director for Joint Warfighting Capability Assessment, J-8, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC
Bryan, James D.
Brigadier General
Director, Command, Control, Communication and Computer Systems, J-6, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii Vice Director, Defense Information Systems Agency, Arlington, Va.

Lovelace, James J., Jr.
Brigadier General(P)
Director of Training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations & Plans, U.S. Army, Washington, DC Commanding General, U.S. Army Alaska/Deputy Commander, U.S. Alaskan Command, Fort Richardson, Alaska
Metz, Thomas F.
Brigadier General
Deputy Director for Joint Warfighting Capability Assessment, J-8, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC Vice Director for Force Structure, Resources and Assessment, J-8, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC
Thurman, James D.
Brigadier General
Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans and Policy, Allied Forces Southern Europe, Italy Commanding General, National Training Center and Fort Irwin, Fort Irwin, Calif.
Webster, William G., Jr.
Brigadier General
Commanding General, National Training Center and Fort Irwin, Fort Irwin, Calif. Director of Training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, U.S. Army, Washington, DC