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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 820-10
September 10, 2010

General Officer Announcement

              Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the President has nominated Army Reserve Col. Phillip M. Churn Sr. for appointment to the rank of brigadier general and assignment as deputy commander, (Troop Program Unit), 200th Military Police Command, Fort Meade, Md.  Churn is currently serving as director, Afghanistan Detention and Correction Advisory Team, Combined Joint Interagency Task Force-435, Kabul, Afghanistan.