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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

March 25, 2016

The chief of staff, Army announced the following assignments:

 

Maj. Gen. Roger L. Cloutier Jr., commanding general, U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, to chief of staff, U.S. Africa Command, Germany.

 

Maj. Gen. Christopher K. Haas, director, force management and development, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to deputy chief of staff, operations, Resolute Support Mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization/U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan.

 

Maj. Gen. Mark R. Quantock, deputy chief of staff, intelligence, Resolute Support Mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and director, J-2, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan, to director, J-2, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

 

Maj. Gen. Robert P. White, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general, 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss, Texas.

 

Brig. Gen. Willard M. Burleson III, director, Mission Command Center of Excellence, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to senior advisor to the Ministry of Defense, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan.

 

Brig. Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, commanding general, Joint Multinational Training Command, U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to commanding general, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

 

Brig. Gen. Douglas C. Crissman, deputy commanding general, support, 3d Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, to deputy commanding general, 3d (United Kingdom) Division, United Kingdom.

 

Brig. Gen. Edwin J. Deedrick Jr., commander, Special Operations Command-Korea, Republic of Korea, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Special Forces Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

 

Col. (Promotable) John S. Laskodi, director, strategic logistics integration (G-45/7), Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to commander, Defense Logistics Agency-Distribution, Defense Logistics Agency, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

 

Col. (Promotable) Dennis P. LeMaster, commander, U.S. Army Medical Activity, Fort Carson, Colorado, to commander, Regional Health Command - Europe (Provisional); and command surgeon, U.S. Army Europe, Germany.

 

Col. (Promotable) Michael J. Talley, commander, 44th Medical Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to command surgeon, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.