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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments


The chief of staff, Army announces the assignments of the following general officers:

Maj. Gen. Christopher S. Ballard, commanding general, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to deputy director, Signals Intelligence Directorate, National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Maryland.

Maj. Gen. Roger L. Cloutier Jr., chief of staff, U.S. Africa Command, Germany, to commanding general, U.S. Army Africa/Southern European Task Force, Italy.

Maj. Gen. James B. Jarrard, commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Kuwait, to director of operations, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Maj. Gen. John P. Johnson, commanding general, U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Maj. Gen. James B. Linder, commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan/Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan, Resolute Support Mission, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Afghanistan, to chief of staff, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Maj. Gen. Todd B. McCaffrey, commanding general, First Army Division East, Fort Knox, Kentucky, to chief of staff, U.S. Africa Command, Germany.

Maj. Gen. Timothy P. McGuire, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to deputy commanding general, Installation Management Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Maj. Gen. Terrence J. McKenrick, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Central, Kuwait, to commanding general, First Army Division East, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Maj. Gen. Frank M. Muth, program manager, Saudi Arabian National Guard Modernization Program, Saudi Arabia, to commanding general, U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Maj. Gen. Christopher J. Sharpsten, director, CJ4, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Kuwait, to director, J-4, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Maj. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, commanding general, Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland, Oregon, to deputy commanding general for civil and emergency operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, District of Columbia.

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey L. Milhorn, deputy commanding general, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to commanding general, North Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Brooklyn, New York.

Brig. Gen. (promotable) William H. Graham Jr., commanding general, North Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Brooklyn, New York, to deputy commanding general, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Brig. Gen. Antonio A. Aguto Jr., commanding general, 7th Army Training Command, U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Richard E. Angle, deputy commanding general, 1st Special Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to deputy commanding general (Operations), U.S. Army Cyber Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Maria B. Barrett, deputy director of operations, J-3, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland, to commanding general, U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

Brig. Gen. Milford H. Beagle Jr., deputy commanding general (Support), 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New York, to commanding general, U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson, Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Sean C. Bernabe, deputy commanding general, 3d Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, to deputy chief of staff, G-3, U.S. Army Europe, Germany.

Brig. Gen. James P. Bienlien, director, Joint and Integration, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to director, Requirements Integration Directorate, Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Jonathan P. Braga, director, CJ3, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Kuwait, to deputy commanding general, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Richard R. Coffman, deputy commanding general (Maneuver), 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, to director, Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Brig. Gen. Clement S. Coward Jr., deputy director, Force Protection, J-8, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia, to commanding general, 32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Douglas C. Crissman, deputy commanding general, 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, United Kingdom, to director, Mission Command Center of Excellence, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Brig. Gen. Timothy J. Daugherty, deputy chief of staff, G-3, U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to commanding general, U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center; and director of Army Safety, Fort Rucker, Alabama.

Brig. Gen. Johnny K. Davis, deputy commanding general (Operations), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, to commanding general, U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command, Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Christopher T. Donahue, commandant, U.S. Army Infantry School, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence; and director, Future Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team, Fort Benning, Georgia, to deputy director for special operations and counter-terrorism, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Thomas R. Drew, deputy commanding general (Support), 2d Infantry Division (Combined), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Bradley K. Dreyer, director for resource management, Installation Management Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, to deputy chief of staff, G-8; and director, resource management, U.S. Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Robert L. Edmonson II, commandant, U.S. Army Signal School, Fort Gordon, Georgia, to deputy chief of staff, G-6, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. David J. Francis, commanding general, U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center; and director of Army Safety, Fort Rucker, Alabama, to director, Army Aviation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Sean A. Gainey, commanding general, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to deputy director, Force Protection, J-8, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. D. Peter Helmlinger, commanding general, South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco, California, to commanding general, Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland, Oregon.

Brig. Gen. David C. Hill, commanding general, Transatlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Virginia, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

Brig. Gen. David M. Hodne, deputy commanding general (Maneuver), 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, to commandant, U.S. Army Infantry School, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence; and director, Future Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Brig. Gen. Jonathan E. Howerton, deputy commanding general (Maneuver), 2d Infantry Division (Combined), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. David T. Isaacson, deputy chief of staff, G-6, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to director of architecture, operations, networks and space, Office of the Chief Information Officer/G-6, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Mark H. Landes, deputy commanding general, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas, to director, Security Force Assistance Directorate, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Christopher C. LaNeve, deputy commanding general (Operations), 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general, 7th Army Training Command, U.S. Army Europe, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Stephen J. Maranian, commandant, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence: and director, Future Long Range Precision Fires Cross Functional Team, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to deputy commanding general, 2d Infantry Division (Combined), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea.

Brig. Gen. Donna W. Martin, commandant, U.S. Army Military Police School, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, to commanding general, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, and Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Brig. Gen. Michael T. Morrissey, assistant chief of staff, G-3, U.S. Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, to commanding general, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Paul H. Pardew, commanding general, U.S. Army Expeditionary Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to commanding general, Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Brig. Gen. John B. Richardson IV, deputy commanding general (Maneuver), 3d Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, to director, operations, readiness and mobilization, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling, deputy chief of staff for operations, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, United Kingdom, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Europe, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Douglas A. Sims II, director, operations, readiness and mobilization, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy director for regional operations and force management, J-35, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Matthew J. Van Wagenen, deputy commanding general (Support), 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, to deputy commanding general, 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, United Kingdom.

Col. (Promotable) Christopher L. Eubank, director, J-6, U.S. Africa Command, Germany, to commandant, U.S. Army Signal School, Fort Gordon, Georgia.