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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

The chief of staff, Army announced the following assignments:

Maj. Gen. John W. Baker, commanding general, 7th Signal Command, Theater, Fort Gordon, Georgia, to commanding general, U.S. Army Network Enterprise, Technology Command; and deputy commanding general, Second Army, Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

Maj. Gen. Christopher S. Ballard, deputy assistant chief of staff, C/J-2, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, U.S. Forces Korea, Republic of Korea, to commanding general, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Maj. Gen. Peggy C. Combs, commanding general, U.S. Army Cadet Command and Fort Knox, Fort Knox, Kentucky, to chief of staff, U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

Maj. Gen. Edward F. Dorman III, commanding general, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to director for logistics, J-4, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Maj. Gen. Charles A. Flynn, commanding general, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Maj. Gen. Christopher P. Hughes, chief of staff, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to commanding general, U.S. Army Cadet Command and Fort Knox, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Maj. Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, chief, Office of Security Cooperation - Iraq, U.S. Central Command, Iraq, to deputy commanding general, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Maj. Gen. Todd B. McCaffrey, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to commanding general, First Army Division East, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Maj. Gen. Brian J. McKiernan, commanding general, First Army Division East, Fort Meade, Maryland, to commanding general, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Maj. Gen. John B. Morrison Jr., commanding general, U.S. Army Network Enterprise, Technology Command; and deputy commanding general, Second Army, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, to commanding general, Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Gordon, Fort Gordon, Georgia.

Maj. Gen. Mark J. O'Neil, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to chief of staff, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Maj. Gen. Paul, A. Ostrowski, deputy for acquisition and systems management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy commanding general for support, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan.

Maj. Gen. Steven A. Shapiro, assistant deputy chief of staff, G-4, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy chief of staff for logistics and operations, U.S. Army Materiel Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Maj. Gen. Mark A. Stammer, commander, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Operation Enduring Freedom-Horn of Africa, Djibouti, to deputy commanding general, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington.

Brig. Gen. Antonio A. Aguto, deputy commanding general, operations, 7th Infantry Division; and commander, Train Advise and Assist Command-South, Resolute Support Mission, Afghanistan, to commanding general, Joint Multinational Training Command, U.S. Army Europe, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Maria B. Barrett, deputy commander, operations, Cyber National Mission Force, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland, to deputy commanding general, Joint Force Headquarters-Cyber, U.S. Army Cyber Command, Fort Gordon, Georgia.

Brig. Gen. Jeffery D. Broadwater, deputy commanding general, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas, to director, CJ-35, Resolute Support Mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan.

Brig. Gen. Welton Chase Jr., director, J-6, Cyber, C4, U.S. European Command, Germany, to commanding general, 7th Signal Command, Theater, Fort Gordon, Georgia.

Brig. Gen. William E. Cole, deputy program executive officer, missiles and space, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to program executive officer, simulations, training and instrumentation, Orlando, Florida.

Brig. Gen. Richard B. Dix, commander, Defense Logistics Agency, Distribution, Defense Logistics Agency, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, to commanding general, Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command, Joint Munitions Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois.

Brig. General Jeffrey W. Drushal, deputy assistant chief of staff, C-4/J-4, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, U.S. Forces Korea, Republic of Korea, to chief of transportation; and commandant, U.S. Army Transportation School, Fort Lee, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Raul E. Escribano, vice director for intelligence, J-2, Joint Staff, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy assistant chief of staff, C/J-2, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, U.S. Forces Korea, Republic of Korea.

Brig. Gen. Stephen E. Farmen, commanding general, Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command, Joint Munitions Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, to commanding general, U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Brig. Gen. Rodney D. Fogg, commanding general, 13th Sustainment Command , Expeditionary, Fort Hood, Texas, to commandant, U.S. Army Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Patricia A. Frost, deputy commanding general, operations, U.S. Army Cyber Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to director of cyber, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Sean A. Gainey, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Cadet Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky, to commanding general, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Peter A. Gallagher, director, J-6, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, 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. John A. George, director, Requirements Integration Directorate, Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, to director, force development, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Randy A. George, director of force management, 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. David P. Glaser, chief of staff, U.S. Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, to commanding general, Army Corrections Command; and deputy commander, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Crystal City, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. David T. Isaacson, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, to deputy chief of staff, G-6, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. John P. Johnson, director of training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to commanding general, U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson, Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Gary W. Johnston, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to director of intelligence, J-2, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Brig. Gen. Mitchell L. Kilgo, deputy chief of staff, G-6, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to director, J-6, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Brig. Gen. Richard C. Kim, director, CJ-35, Resolute Support Mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan, to deputy director, program analysis and evaluation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Ronald Kirklin, commandant, U.S. Army Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, Virginia, to assistant deputy chief of staff, G-4, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. John S. Kolasheski, deputy commanding general, maneuver, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, to commandant, U.S. Army Armor School, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Brig. Gen. David P. Komar, director, business operations, Office of Business Transformation, Office of the Under Secretary of the 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. Viet X. Luong, director, joint and integration, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to chief of staff, U.S. Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Patrick E. Matlock, deputy commanding general, support, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, to director of training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Randall A. McIntire, deputy director of strategy, plans and policy, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to commandant, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Brig. Gen. Brian J. Mennes, deputy commanding general, maneuver, 2d Infantry Division, Combined, Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, to director, joint and integration, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Daniel G. Mitchell, deputy commanding general for support, Installation Management Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, to deputy commanding general for operations, Chief of Staff, Installation Management Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Mark W. Odom, deputy commanding general, operations, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to director, concept development and learning, Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Pugh, commandant, U.S. Army Signal School, Fort Gordon, Georgia, to director, J-6, Cyber/C4, U.S. European Command, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Leopoldo A. Quintas Jr., director, concept development and learning, Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Michel M. Russell Sr., chief of transportation; and commandant, U.S. Army Transportation School, Fort Lee, Virginia, to deputy assistant chief of staff, C-4/J-4, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, U.S. Forces Korea, Republic of Korea.

Brig. Gen. Kurt J. Ryan, commandant, U.S. Army Ordnance School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia, to commanding general, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

Brig. Gen. Eric L. Sanchez, commanding general, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to commanding general, White Sands Missile Range, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Brig. Gen. Wilson A. Shoffner Jr., deputy chief of staff, communications, Resolute Support Mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Afghanistan, to director, Talent Management Task Force, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Christopher L. Spillman, commandant, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to commanding general, 32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Brig. Gen. William A. Turner, commandant, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to deputy commanding general, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Brig. Gen. Joel K. Tyler, director of operations, Combined Joint Task Force, Operation Inherent Resolve, Kuwait, to deputy commanding general, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Daniel R. Walrath, deputy commanding general, maneuver, 1st Armored Division; and director, Central Command Forward - Jordan, Operation Spartan Shield, Jordan, to director of materiel, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Eric J. Wesley, deputy director, program analysis and evaluation, G-8, Washington, District of Columbia, to commanding general, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Col. (Promotable) James E. Bonner, director of materiel, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to commandant, U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Col. (Promotable) Jennifer G. Buckner, commandant, U.S. Army Cyber Center and School, Fort Gordon, Georgia, to deputy commander, operations, Cyber National Mission Force, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland.

Col. (Promotable) Joseph P. McGee, deputy commander, support, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, to deputy commanding general, operations, U.S. Army Cyber Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.