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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

The chief of staff, Army announced the following assignments:

Maj. Gen. James M. Richardson, commanding general, Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to director, Army Quadrennial Defense Review Office, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Maj. Gen. Mark R. Stammer, commander, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Operation Enduring Freedom-Horn of Africa, Djibouti, to deputy commanding general, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. David C. Coburn, deputy chief of staff, G8/director, resource management, U.S. Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, to commanding general, Army Financial Management Command, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Brig. Gen. Douglas M. Gabram, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, to commanding general, Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Brig. Gen. Frank M. Muth, director, Army Quadrennial Defense Review Office, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to program manager, Saudi Arabian National Guard Modernization Program, Saudi Arabia.

Brig. Gen. Kurt L. Sonntag, commander, Special Operations Command South, U.S. Southern Command, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, to commander, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Operation Enduring Freedom-Horn of Africa, Djibouti.

Brig. Gen. Robert J. Ulses, deputy commanding general (support), 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.