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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

The chief of staff, Army announced today the following assignments:

Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Twitty, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Arlan M. DeBlieck, U.S. Army Reserve, commander (Troop Program Unit), 103d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Des Moines, Iowa, to commander (Troop Program Unit), 7th Civil Support Command, Germany; and deputy commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Germany.

Col. (Promotable) Patrick W. Burden, program manager, General Fund Enterprise Business System, Alexandria, Virginia, to deputy program executive officer, Ammunition, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey.