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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 387-96
June 26, 1996

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William J. Perry announced today that he has approved Lt. Gen. Lawrence E. Boese, United States Air Force, for advancement on the retired list in the grade of lieutenant general. Boese is currently assigned as commander, Alaskan Command, United States Pacific Command; commander, 11th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces; and commander, Alaskan NORAD Region, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska.

Boese was born June 11, 1943, in Nashville, Tenn.