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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 761-08
September 10, 2008

General Officer Announcements

The Army chief of staff announces the assignment of the following officers:
 
Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum, assistant surgeon general for force projection, Office of The Surgeon General, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to director of comprehensive soldier fitness, Office of the G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.
 
Brig. Gen. Edward A. Leacock, Army National Guard, assistant adjutant general, Maryland Army National Guard, Baltimore, Md. and deputy commanding general (reserve components), U.S. Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to deputy director for intelligence and knowledge development (intelligence), U.S. Africa Command.
 
Brig.Gen. Jeffery E. Marshall, Army National Guard, deputy director plans and policy, J-5, U.S. European Command, and executive liaison to the State Partnership Program to director of Mobilization and Reserve Component Affairs, U.S. European Command.
 
Brig. Gen. Raymond P. Palumbo, deputy commanding general, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.
 
Brig.Gen. William D. R. Waff, U.S. Army Reserve, deputy commander (troop program unit), 99th Regional Readiness Command, Coraopolis, Pa., to deputy commanding general (individual mobilization augmentee), Mobilization and Reserve Affairs, U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Alexandria, Va.
 
Col. Edward P. Donnelly Jr.,who has been selected for the rank of brigadier general, special assistant to the chief of staff, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to deputy director, strategy, plans and policy, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.