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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 544-04
June 04, 2004

General Officer Assignments

The Chief of Staff, Army announces the assignment of the following general officers:

Major General Virgil L. Packett II, Commander, Stabilization Force, Operation Joint Forge, Sarajevo to Deputy Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brigadier General Douglas E. Lute, Deputy Director for Operations, J-3, United States European Command, Germany to Director, J-3, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.