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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments


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

Maj. Gen. Sean M. Jenkins, deputy commanding general, Installation Management Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, to chief, Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq, Iraq.

Maj. Gen. Gary W. Johnston, 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 commanding general, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Maj. Gen. John S. Kolasheski, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general, 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Maj. Gen. Patrick E. Matlock, director of training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to commanding general, 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) Edwin J. Deedrick Jr., assistant commander-support, Joint Special Operations Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general, 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Brian R. Bisacre, commanding general, Army Corrections Command; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Arlington, Virginia, to commandant, U.S. Army Military Police School, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Brig. Gen. Charles D. Costanza, deputy commanding general (support), 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas, to director of training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Patrick B. Roberson, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Kuwait.

Col. (Promotable) William D. Taylor, deputy commander (maneuver), 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, to commanding general, U.S. Army Operational Test Command, Fort Hood, Texas.