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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

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

Maj. Gen. Michelle A. Schmidt to commanding general, 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. She most recently served as director, Force Development, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Antoinette R. Gant, commanding general, South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco, California, to chief, Army Enterprise Marketing Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Chicago, Illinois.

Brig. Gen. Kirk E. Gibbs, commanding general, Pacific Ocean Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to commanding general, South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco, California.

Army Reserve

Maj. Gen. Kris A. Belanger, special assistant to the assistant secretary of the Army (Individual Mobilized Augmentee), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, (Troop Program Unit) 99th Readiness Division, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.

Maj. Gen. Tracy L. Smith, commander (Troop Program Unit), 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support), Salt Lake City, Utah, to commanding general, (Troop Program Unit), 63rd Readiness Division, Mountain View, California.

Brig. Gen. Katherine A. Simonson, director, Research and Development, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Virginia, to deputy commander (Troop Program Unit), 3rd Medical Command (Mission Support Element), Fort Gillem, Georgia.

Brig. Gen. Peter J. Whalen, deputy commanding general (Individual Mobilized Augmentee), U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to deputy commander (Troop Program Unit), 84th Training Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. Michael L. Yost, deputy commander (Troop Program Unit), 807th Medical Command (Mission Support Element), Salt Lake City, Utah, to deputy commander for Professional Services (Troop Program Unit), 3rd Medical Command (Mission Support Element), Fort Gillem, Georgia.