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Release
Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

Dec. 4, 2017

The chief of staff, Army, announces the following officer assignments:

 

Maj. Gen. David G. Bassett, program executive officer, Ground Combat Systems, Warren, Michigan, to program executive officer, Command, Control and Communication (Tactical), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

 

Maj. Gen. Ronald J. Place, co-lead, Health System Project Management Office; and special assistant to the commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Command/The Surgeon General, Washington, District of Columbia, to director, National Capital Medical Directorate, Defense Health Agency, Bethesda, Maryland.

 

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) Brian P. Cummings, program executive officer, Soldier, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to program executive officer, Ground Combat Systems, Warren, Michigan.

 

Brig. Gen. Anthony W. Potts, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command; and senior commander, Natick Soldier Systems Center, Natick, Massachusetts, to program executive officer, Soldier, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

 

Col. (Promotable) Michael R. Eastman, special assistant to the director of the Office of Business Transformation, Office of the Under Secretary of the Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy director for operations, National Joint Operations Intelligence Center, Operations Team Four, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia.

 

Col. (Promotable) Vincent F. Malone II, deputy to the deputy assistant secretary of the Army for plans, programs, and resources, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command; and senior commander, Natick Soldier Systems Center, Natick, Massachusetts.