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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

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

Maj. Gen. Jonathan P. Braga, commander, Special Operations Command Pacific, U.S. Special Operations Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Maj. Gen. Douglas C. Crissman, director, Mission Command Center of Excellence, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Donahoe, deputy commanding general (Operations), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, to commanding general, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey W. Drushal, commanding general, U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to director, J-4, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Fletcher, commander, Special Operations Command South, U.S. Special Operations Command, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, to deputy director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Maj. Gen. William K. Gayler, director, J-3 Operations/Cyber, U.S. Africa Command, Germany, to chief of staff, U.S. Africa Command, Germany.

Maj. Gen. William H. Graham Jr., deputy commanding general, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to deputy commanding general for Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, District of Columbia.

Maj. Gen. Charles R. Hamilton, commanding general, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to deputy chief of staff for Logistics and Operations, U.S. Army Materiel Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Maj. Gen. David C. Hill, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, to deputy chief of engineers; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, District of Columbia.

Maj. Gen. Stephen J. Maranian, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center; provost, Army University; and deputy commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to commandant, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.

Maj. Gen. Donna W. Martin, commanding general, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, to provost marshal general/commanding general, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Washington, District of Columbia.

Maj. Gen. Daniel G. Mitchell, commanding general, U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Life Cycle Management Command, Warren, Michigan, to commanding general, U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Illinois.

Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Pugh, commanding general, 7th Signal Command; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, Fort Gordon, Georgia, to director of Architecture, Operations, Networks and Space, Office of the Chief Information Officer/G-6, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Maj. Gen. John B. Richardson, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to deputy commanding general, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas.

Maj. Gen. Christopher J. Sharpsten, director, J-4, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to commanding general, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

Maj. Gen. Joel K. Tyler, commanding general, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to director, J-3 Operations/Cyber, U.S. Africa Command, Germany.

Maj. Gen. Kevin Vereen, provost marshal general and commanding general, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Washington, District of Columbia, to commanding general, U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) Miguel A. Correa to senior director for Gulf Affairs, Middle Eastern Affairs Directorate, National Security Council, Executive Office of the President, Washington, District of Columbia. He most recently served as special assistant to the Director of the Army Staff, Office of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) Stephen G. Smith, commandant, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to deputy commanding general, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) David Wilson, director, J-4, U.S. Forces Korea; and deputy director, C/J-4, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea, to commanding general, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Sean C. Bernabe, deputy chief of staff, G-3, U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Europe, Germany.

Brig. Gen. James P. Bienlien, director, Requirements Integration Directorate, Futures and Concepts Center, U.S. Army Futures Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, to deputy commanding general, Combat Capabilities Development Command; and senior commander, Natick Soldier Systems Center, U.S. Army Futures Command, Natick, Massachusetts.

Brig. Gen. James E. Bonner, commanding general, 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to commanding general, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Brig. Gen. William M. Boruff to deputy commander, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Afghanistan. He most recently served as deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Brig. Gen. Robert M. Collins, program executive officer, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to program executive officer, Command, Control, and Communications (Tactical), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Brig. Gen. Kimberly M. Colloton, commanding general, South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco, California, to commander, Transatlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Charles D. Costanza, director of training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7,U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Joy L. Curriera, director of operations, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-9, U.S. Army, Washington, District Of Columbia, to commandant, The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defense University, Washington, District Of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Johnny K. Davis, commanding general, U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command, Futures and Concepts Center, U.S. Army Futures Command, Fort Bliss, Texas, to chief of staff, U.S. Army Futures Command, Austin, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Christopher L. Eubank, commandant, U.S. Army Signal School, to commanding general, 7th Signal Command; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army, Network Enterprise Technology Command, Fort Gordon, Georgia.

Brig. Gen. Marcus S. Evans, deputy director for Special Operations and Counter-Terrorism, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia, to commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan/Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan, Resolute Support Mission, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Afghanistan.

Brig. Gen. James J. Gallivan, chief of staff, U.S. Army Futures Command, Austin, Texas, to commanding general, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Brig. Gen. Jered P. Helwig, chief of transportation and commandant, U.S. Army Transportation School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia, to director for Logistics, Engineering and Security Cooperation, J-4, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Donn H. Hill, commander, 2d Security Force Assistance Brigade, Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center; provost, Army University; and deputy commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Brig. Gen. Heidi J. Hoyle, commandant, U.S. Army Ordnance School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia, to commanding general, 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Brig. Gen. Scott A. Jackson, commander, 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia, to commanding general, Security Force Assistance Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Michelle M. Letcher, commanding general, Joint Munitions and Lethality, Life Cycle Management Command/Joint Munitions Command, Rock Island, Illinois, to commandant, U.S. Army Ordnance School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Paula C. Lodi, deputy chief of staff for Operations, U.S. Army Medical Command, Falls Church, Virginia, to commanding general, Regional Health Command-Atlantic, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Vincent F. Malone II, deputy commanding general, Combat Capabilities Development Command; and senior commander, Natick Soldier Systems Center, U.S. Army Futures Command, Natick, Massachusetts, to program executive officer, U.S. Army Joint Program Executive Office, Armaments and Ammunition; and commanding general, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey.

Brig. Gen. Charles J. Masaracchia, commander, Train Advise Assist Command-East, Resolute Support Mission, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Afghanistan, to director, Mission Command Center of Excellence, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Brig. Gen. John V. Meyer III, deputy commanding general (Maneuver), 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, to deputy chief of staff, G-3, U.S. Army Europe, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Charles R. Miller, deputy director for Joint Strategic Planning, Strategy, Plans, and Policy Directorate, J-5, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia, to director of Policy, Strategy, Partnering, and Capabilities (J-5/8), U.S. European Command, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Antonio V. Munera, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Cadet Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky, to commanding general, U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Brig. Gen. Scott M. Naumann, Director, CJ-3, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Iraq, to director of training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Paul E. Owen, commanding general, Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Dallas, Texas, to commanding general, South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco, California.

Brig. Gen. Allan M. Pepin, commanding general, U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Michael L. Place, commanding general, Regional Health Command-Atlantic, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to commanding general, 18th Medical Deployment Support Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, deputy commanding general (Operations), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, to commander, Special Operations Command Pacific, U.S. Special Operations Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Michael E. Sloane, program executive officer, Simulations, Training, and Instrumentation, Orlando, Florida, to program executive officer, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Brig. Gen. James M. Smith, commanding general, 3d Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to chief of transportation and commandant, U.S. Army Transportation School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. William D. Taylor, senior advisor to the Ministry of Defense, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Afghanistan, to deputy director for Regional Operations and Force Management, J-35, The Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Mark W. Thompson, command surgeon, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general, Regional Health Command-Europe; and command surgeon, U.S. Army Europe, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Darren L. Werner, commanding general, 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Hood, Texas, to commanding general, U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Life Cycle Management Command, Warren, Michigan.

Col. (Promotable) Steven L. Allen, deputy commander, U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Illinois, to commander, 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Eighth Army, Republic of Korea.

Col. (Promotable) Robert L. Barrie Jr., military deputy program executive officer, Program Executive Office, Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to program executive officer, Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Col. (Promotable) Guillaume N. Beaurpere, deputy commander (Support), 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, to commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Kuwait.

Col. (Promotable) Christopher G. Beck, commander, Transatlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Virginia, to commander, Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Dallas, Texas.

Col. (Promotable) Trevor J. Bredenkamp, commander, Train Advise Assist Command-South, Resolute Support Mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Afghanistan, to deputy commander (Operations), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea.

Col. (Promotable) Winston P. Brooks, deputy commander (Maneuver), 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, to commandant, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Col. (Promotable) Lance G. Curtis, deputy director of Readiness, Strategy, and Operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to commander, 3d Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Col. (Promotable) Patrick L. Gaydon, director of materiel, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy commander, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Col. (Promotable) Gene D. Meredith, deputy commander (Maneuver), 2d Infantry Division (Combined), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, to deputy commander, 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, United Kingdom.

Col. (Promotable) Isaac J. Peltier, commander, Special Operations Command North, U.S. Special Operations Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, to deputy commander, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Col. (Promotable) Ronald R. Ragin, commander, U.S. Army Operational Test Command; and deputy commander for Operational Testing, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Fort Hood, Texas, to commanding general, 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Hood, Texas.

Col. (Promotable) Hope C. Rampy, executive officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to the adjutant general of the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Human Resources Command; commander, U.S. Army Physical Disability Agency; and executive director, Military Postal Service Agency, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Col. (Promotable) David F. Stewart, deputy commander (Operations), U.S. Army Space and Missile Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, to commander, 32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Fort Bliss, Texas.

U.S. Army Reserve

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) John H. Phillips, chief information officer; and deputy chief of staff, G-6, U.S. Army Europe (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to commander (Troop Program Unit), 335th Signal Command (Theater), East Point, Georgia.

Brig. Gen. Kris A. Belanger, commander, (Troop Program Unit), 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command (West), Arlington Heights, Illinois, to deputy commanding general, (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. William S. Lynn, deputy commander, (Troop Program Unit), 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support), Salt Lake City, Utah, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), Medical Readiness Training Command, San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Ernest Litynski, deputy commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 81st Readiness Division, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, to commander (Troop Program Unit), 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Brig. Gen. Dustin A. Shultz, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7 (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. David P. Warshaw, director (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Intelligence Operations, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He most recently served as commander (Troop Program Unit), U.S. Army Reserve Element, U.S. Central Command J2, Headquarters, Tampa, Florida.

Col. (Promotable) Christopher Z. Barra, chief of staff (Troop Program Unit), 311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Los Angeles, California, to deputy commanding general - Support, 63d Readiness Division, Mountain View, California.

Col. (Promotable) John C. Hafley, commander (Troop Program Unit), 11th Military Police Brigade, Los Alamitos, California, to deputy commander - Support, 88th Readiness Division, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.

Col. (Promotable) Jeffrey B. McCarter, commander (Troop Program Unit), 1st Medical Training Brigade, Fort Gordon, Georgia, to deputy commanding general, Army Reserve Medical Command, Pinellas Park, Florida; and Mobilization and Reserve Affairs, Office of the Surgeon General, Falls Church, Virginia.

Col. (Promotable) Jonathan C. Moyer, chief of staff (Troop Program Unit), 353d Civil Affairs Command, Staten Island, New York, to deputy commander - Signal, 335th Signal Command (Theater), East Point, Georgia.

Col. (Promotable) Peder Swanson, director (Active Guard and Reserve), Reserve Component Medical Programs and Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy commander, 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support), Salt Lake City, Utah.

Questions regarding these assignments should be directed to the Chief, GOMO at (703) 697-7994, DSN 227-7994, or email usarmy.pentagon.hqda-gomo.mbx.gomo@mail.mil.