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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

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

Maj. Gen. Peter B. Andrysiak Jr., commanding general, U.S. Army Alaska; and deputy commander, U.S. Alaskan Command, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Europe-Africa, Germany.

Maj. Gen. Xavier T. Brunson, commanding general, 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to deputy commanding general, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Maj. Gen. Miguel A. Correa, senior director for Gulf affairs, Middle Eastern Affairs Directorate, National Security Council, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C., to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Maj. Gen. Scott L. Efflandt, special assistant to the commanding general, III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort Hood, Texas, to special assistant to the commanding general, U.S. Army North, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Maj. Gen. Rodney D. Fogg, commanding general, U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command/Sustainment Center of Excellence and Fort Lee, Fort Lee, Virginia, to deputy chief of staff for logistics and operations, U.S. Army Materiel Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Maj. Gen. Charles R. Hamilton, deputy chief of staff for logistics and operations, U.S. Army Materiel Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to assistant deputy chief of staff, G-4, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Maj. Gen. Neil S. Hersey, commanding general, Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Gordon, Fort Gordon, Georgia, to deputy commanding general (operations), U.S. Army Cyber Command, Fort Gordon, Georgia.

Maj. Gen. Matthew W. McFarlane, commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, Fort Carson, Colorado, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Pacific Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Maj. Gen. Brian J. Mennes, commanding general, 10th Mountain Division (Light) and Fort Drum, Fort Drum, New York, to deputy commanding general, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Maj. Gen. Christopher O. Mohan, commanding general, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, U.S. Army Europe-Africa, Germany, to commanding general, U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Illinois.

Maj. Gen. Michel M. Russell Sr., assistant deputy chief of staff, G-4, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, 1st Sustainment Command (Theater), U.S. Army Central, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Smith, deputy commanding general, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to commanding general, 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Maj. Gen. John P. Sullivan, commanding general, 1st Sustainment Command (Theater), U.S. Army Central, Fort Knox, Kentucky, to director, strategy, capabilities, policy, programs, and logistics, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

Brig. Gen. Kevin D. Admiral, commandant, U.S. Army Armor School, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning, Georgia, to director, force management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Gregory K. Anderson, deputy director, strategy, plans and policy, J-5, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to director, J-3 Operations/Cyber, U.S. Africa Command, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Milford H. Beagle Jr., commanding general, U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, to commanding general, 10th Mountain Division (Light) and Fort Drum, Fort Drum, New York.

Brig. Gen. Guillaume N. Beaurpere, commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Kuwait, to deputy commanding general (operations), U.S. Army Space and Missile Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

Brig. Gen. Christine A. Beeler, commanding general, Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, to commanding general, Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Brig. Gen. Peter N. Benchoff, director, force management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to chief of staff, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Mark S. Bennett, commanding general, U.S. Army Financial Management Command, Indianapolis, Indiana, to director for Army budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Michele H. Bredenkamp, director of intelligence, U.S. Forces Korea; and deputy director of intelligence, Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea, to commanding general, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Trevor J. Bredenkamp, deputy commanding general (operations), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, to chief, legislative liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Larry Q. Burris Jr., director, CJ3, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Iraq, to commandant, U.S. Army Infantry School, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence; and director, Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team, Army Futures Command, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Brig. Gen. Charles D. Costanza, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general, 3d Infantry Division and Fort Stewart, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Brig. Gen. Thomas R. Drew, military deputy, Talent Management Task Force, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. Brian S. Eifler, chief, legislative liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Army, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, U.S. Army Alaska; and deputy commander, U.S. Alaskan Command, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

Brig. Gen. Brett T. Funck, deputy commanding general (operations), 10th Mountain Division (Light); and acting senior commander-Fort Drum, Fort Drum, New York, to director, Talent Management Task Force, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Patrick L. Gaydon, deputy commanding general (support), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, to deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and experiments, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Futures Command, Austin, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Garrick M. Harmon, special assistant to the deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Brig. Gen. David M. Hodne, commandant, U.S. Army Infantry School, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence; and director, Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team, Army Futures Command, Fort Benning, Georgia, to commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Brig. Gen. Daryl O. Hood, commandant, U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Jonathan E. Howerton, deputy assistant to the President; and director, White House Military Office, Washington, D.C., to military deputy director, program analysis and evaluation, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Christopher C. LaNeve, director, operations, readiness and mobilization, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Gavin A. Lawrence, commander, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Defense Logistics Agency, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to deputy chief of staff, G-4, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. David A. Lesperance, commanding general, National Training Center and Fort Irwin, Fort Irwin, California, to commanding general, 2d Infantry Division (Combined), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea.

Brig. Gen. Douglas S. Lowrey, commanding general, U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to commanding general, Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Steven M. Marks, Deputy commanding general, 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to director, joint and integration, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Anthony L. McQueen, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Medical Command, Falls Church, Virginia, commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command and Fort Detrick, Fort Detrick, Maryland.

Brig. Gen. Patrick R. Michaelis, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky, commanding general, U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson, Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Duane R. Miller, deputy provost marshal general, Office of the Provost Marshal General; commanding general, Army Corrections Command; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Washington, D.C., to provost marshal general/commanding general, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Christopher R. Norrie, commanding general, 7th Army Training Command, U.S. Army Europe-Africa, Germany, to director, People First Task Force, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Thomas W. O’Connor Jr., deputy commanding general (support), 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, deputy commanding general (operations), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea.

Brig. Gen. Charles R. Parker to deputy director for command, control, communications, and computers/cyber systems, J-6, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. He most recently served as special assistant to the deputy chief of staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Isaac J. Peltier, deputy commanding general (support), 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, to commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Kuwait.

Brig. Gen. Allan Pepin, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general, Military District of Washington; and commander, Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Keith C. Phillips, senior defense official and defense attaché, U.S. Defense Attaché Office, United Arab Emirates, to senior defense official and defense attaché, U.S. Defense Attaché Office, Iraq.

Brig. Gen. Andrew D. Preston, chief of staff, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to commandant, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Ryan to deputy chief of staff, operations, Resolute Support Mission, NATO; deputy commanding general (operations), U.S. Forces-Afghanistan; and commander, U.S. National Support Element Command-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Afghanistan. He most recently served as chief of staff, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Mark T. Simerly, director, J-4, U.S. Forces Korea; deputy director, C/J-4, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea, to commanding general, U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command/Sustainment Center of Excellence and Fort Lee, Fort Lee, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. James M. Smith, chief of transportation; and commandant, U.S. Army Transportation School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia, to commanding general, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, U.S. Army Europe-Africa, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Paul T. Stanton, deputy commanding general (Operations), U.S. Army Cyber Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to commanding general, Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Gordon, Fort Gordon, Georgia.

Brig. Gen. William L. Thigpen, deputy director for operations, National Joint Operations Intelligence Center, Operations Team Four, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, U.S. Army South, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. David C. Trybula, commanding general, White Sands Missile Range; and deputy commanding general for developmental testing, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, White Sands, New Mexico, to deputy commanding general, Combat Capabilities Development Directorate; and senior commander, Natick Soldier Systems Center, U.S. Army Futures Command, Natick, Massachusetts.

Brig. Gen. Colin P. Tuley, deputy chief of staff, operations, Resolute Support Mission, NATO; and deputy commander, U.S. National Support Element Command-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Afghanistan, to deputy director, strategy, plans and policy, J-5, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Brig. Gen. Matthew J. Van Wagenen, deputy chief of staff for operations, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, NATO, United Kingdom, to deputy commanding general, V Corps, Poland.

Brig. Gen. Timothy P. White, commanding general, 593d Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to director, J-4, U.S. Forces Korea; and deputy director, C/J-4, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea.

Brig. Gen. James P. Work, deputy commanding general (support), 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to director, operations, readiness and mobilization, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Richard L. Zellmann to deputy director, J-3, U.S. Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. He most recently served as deputy director, J-5, U.S. Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.