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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 017-96
January 18, 1996

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William J. Perry announced today that the President has nominated Lt. Gen. Stephen B. Croker, United States Air Force, for advancement on the Retired List in the grade of lieutenant general. Croker is currently assigned as commander, Eighth Air Force, Air Combat Command, Barksdale AFB, La.

Croker was born Oct. 16, 1942, in Evanston, Ill.