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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

The chief of staff, Army, announces the assignment of the following general officers:

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) Daniel R. Walrath, deputy director for operations, National Joint Operations Intelligence Center, Operations Team Four, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia, to vice deputy director for nuclear, homeland defense and current operations, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) Joseph E. Whitlock, U.S. Army Reserve, deputy director, politico-military affairs (Western Hemisphere), Joint Staff, J-5, Washington, District of Columbia, to assistant deputy chief of staff, G3 (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Matthew V. Baker, U.S. Army Reserve, to deputy commander (support) (Troop Program Unit), 416th Theater Engineer Command (Mission Support Element), Darien, Illinois.  He most recently served as chief of staff (Troop Program Unit), 416th Theater Engineer Command, Darien, Illinois.

Brig. Gen. Mark E. Black, U.S. Army Reserve, to deputy commander (Troop Program Unit), 108th Training Command (Initial Entry Training), Charlotte, North Carolina. He most recently served as chief of staff (Troop Program Unit), 108th Training Command (Initial Entry Training), Charlotte, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Jennifer G. Buckner, deputy commander (operations), Cyber National Mission Force, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland, to deputy commander, Joint Task Force-ARES, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland.

Brig. Gen. Windsor S. Buzza, U.S. Army Reserve, observer controller/trainer (Troop Program Unit), 2d Brigade, Pacific Training Division, 75th Training Command, Denver, Colorado, to deputy commander (Troop Program Unit), 84th Training Command (Leader Readiness), Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. John E. Cardwell, U.S. Army Reserve, commander (Troop Program Unit), 75th Training Command, Houston, Texas, to special assistant to the commander, reserve matters (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

Brig. Gen. Telita Crosland to deputy chief of staff for operations, U.S. Army Medical Command, Falls Church, Virginia. She most recently served as commander, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital; and director of health services, U.S. Army Medical Activity, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. Lisa L. Doumont, U.S. Army Reserve, mobilization and reserve affairs (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of the Surgeon General, Falls Church, Virginia; and deputy commander (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Army Reserve Medical Command, Pinellas Park, Florida, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), Medical Readiness and Training Command, San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Charles R. Hamilton, commander, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Defense Logistics Agency, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to deputy assistant chief of staff, C/J-4, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/U.S. Forces Korea, Republic of Korea.

Brig. Gen. David W. Ling, U.S. Army Reserve, assistant chief of staff (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), J-4, U.S. Forces Korea, Korea, to commander (Troop Program Unit), Army Reserve Sustainment Command, Birmingham, Alabama.

Col. (Promotable) Susan K. Arnold to assistant judge advocate general for military law and operations, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.  She most recently served as staff judge advocate, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas.

Col. (Promotable) Joseph B. Berger III to commander, U.S. Army Legal Services Agency; and chief judge, U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.  He most recently served as staff judge advocate, U.S. Army Cyber Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Col. (Promotable) Robert P. Huston to commanding general and commandant, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, Charlottesville, Virginia.  He most recently served as staff judge advocate, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.