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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

The Chief of Staff of the Army announces the following general officer assignments:

Brig. Gen. Sean C. Bernabe, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to commanding general, 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Brig. Gen. David B. Womack, special assistant to the commanding general, U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to deputy chief of staff, operations, Multinational Corps Northeast, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Poland.

U.S. Army Reserve

Maj. Gen. Daniel J. Christian, deputy commander - support (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, to deputy chief of staff, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Eustis, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Matthew V. Baker, commander, 102d Training Division (Maneuver Support); and deputy commanding general for mobilization and training, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 416th Theater Engineer Command, Darien, Illinois.

Brig. Gen. Vincent B. Barker, director of sustainment, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Kuwait, to deputy, inspector general, Office of The Inspector General, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Miguel A. Castellanos, advisor to the commander (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, U.S. Africa Command, Germany, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 84th Training Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. Miles A. Davis, assistant to the deputy commanding general - readiness (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 76th U.S. Army Reserve Operational Response Command, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Brig. Gen. Matthew P. Easley, director, Artificial Intelligence Task Force, U.S. Army Futures Command, Arlington, Virginia, to chief information security officer (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Edwards II, deputy commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 104th Training Division (Leader Training), Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to director of operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-9, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Rodney J. Fischer, deputy commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 80th Training Command, Richmond, Virginia, to deputy commander (Troop Program Unit), 104th Division Leader Training Headquarters, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Brig. Gen. Howard C. Geck, commander, (Troop Program Unit), 103d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Des Moines, Iowa, to assistant to the deputy commanding general - readiness (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Richard J. Heitkamp, deputy director, politico-military affairs (Western Hemisphere), J-5, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C., to deputy director, (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Military Programs Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. James J. Kokaska Jr., deputy commander, (Troop Program Unit), 416th Theater Engineer Command, Darien, Illinois, to commander, 102d Training Division (Maneuver Support) and deputy commanding general for mobilization and training, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Marsiglia, deputy commanding general, Army Reserve Medical Command, Pinellas Park, Florida, and mobilization and reserve affairs (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of the Surgeon General, Falls Church, Virginia, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), Medical Readiness and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Peder L. Swanson, program director, Reserve Medical, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C., to deputy commander (Troop Program Unit), 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support), Salt Lake City, Utah.