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Immediate Release

Command Senior Enlisted Leader Assignment

The Office of the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (OSEAC) announced the following assignment:

Army Command Sgt. Maj. Robert V. Abernethy, currently assigned as command sergeant major, U.S. Army Europe and Africa, Wiesbaden, Germany, has been selected to replace Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Phillip L. Easton as command senior enlisted leader for U.S. European Command, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany.