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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

The chief of staff, Army announced the following assignments:

Maj. Gen. Michael L. Howard, deputy commanding general (Operations), 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New York, to director, Force Management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin, commanding general, National Training Center and Fort Irwin; director, Joint Center of Excellence; and deputy director-Training, Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency, Fort Irwin, California, to commanding general, 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Brig. Gen. Jeffery D. Broadwater, director, CJ-35, Resolute Support Mission Joint Command, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan, to commanding general, National Training Center and Fort Irwin; director, Joint Center of Excellence; and deputy director-Training, Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency, Fort Irwin, California.

Brig. Gen. Leela J. Gray, U.S. Army Reserve, commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 86th Training Division (Operations), Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, to director, Army Reserve Engagement Cell (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Lawrence F. Thoms, U.S. Army Reserve, deputy commander (Troop Program Unit), 311th Signal Command (Theater), Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to commander (Troop Program Unit), 311th Signal Command (Theater), Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Daniel R. Walrath to deputy director for Operations, National Joint Operations Intelligence Center, Operations Team Four, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia.  He most recently served as deputy commanding general (Maneuver), 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Jason L. Walrath, U.S. Army Reserve, commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 100th Training Division (Operations Support), Fort Knox, Kentucky, to deputy commanding general (Support) (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.