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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 241-95
May 05, 1995

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William J. Perry announced on April 27, 1995, that the President nominated Major General George A. Fisher Jr., United States Army, for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general and assignment as Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia. Since September 1993, he has served as the Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Major General Fisher was born on July 1, 1942, in Little Rock, Arkansas.