General Officer Assignments 2020

General Officer Assignments
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Find 2020 General Officer assignments for the Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps. General Officers have pay grades of O-7 and above. General Officers include: Brigadier General (one-star), Major General (two-star), Lieutenant General (three-star), and General (four-star). Five-Star ranks are reserved for war-time use.


Release
December 11, 2020

The secretary, U.S. Air Force, announces the following general officer assignments:

Maj. Gen. Brad M. Sullivan will be assigned as chief of staff, U.S. Forces Korea, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, U.S. Army Garrison-Humphreys, Korea. Sullivan is currently serving as commander, Curtis E. Lemay Center for Doctrine Development and Education; and vice commander, Air University, Air Education Training Command, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.

Maj. Gen. Stephen C. Williams will be assigned as special assistant to the commander, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.  Williams is currently serving as chief of staff, U.S. Forces Korea, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, U.S. Army Garrison-Humphreys, Korea.


Release
November 30, 2020

The Chief of Staff of the Army announces the following general officer assignments:

Lt. Gen. Mark C. Schwartz, U.S. Security Coordinator, Israel-Palestinian Authority, Israel, to commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Special Operations Headquarters, Belgium.

Maj. Gen. Joseph P. McGee, director, Talent Management Task Force, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army National Guard

Maj. Gen. Richard F. Johnson, deputy director, Army National Guard, Arlington, Virginia, to commanding general, First Army Division West, Fort Hood, Texas.


Release
November 10, 2020

The secretary of the Air Force announces the following general officer assignments:

Brig. Gen. Stephen G. Purdy will be assigned as commander, 45th Space Wing; and director, Eastern Range, U.S. Space Force, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.  Purdy is currently serving as director, plans, programs, and financial management, Headquarters U.S. Space Force, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

Brig. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess will be assigned as director, space and cyber operations, Space Operations Command, U.S. Space Force, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.  Schiess is currently serving as commander, 45th Space Wing; and director, Eastern Range, U.S. Space Force, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.


Release
September 22, 2020

The Chief of Staff of the Army announces the following general officer assignments:

Brig. Gen. Sean C. Bernabe, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to commanding general, 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Brig. Gen. David B. Womack, special assistant to the commanding general, U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to deputy chief of staff, operations, Multinational Corps Northeast, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Poland.

U.S. Army Reserve

Maj. Gen. Daniel J. Christian, deputy commander – support (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, to deputy chief of staff, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Eustis, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Matthew V. Baker, commander, 102d Training Division (Maneuver Support); and deputy commanding general for mobilization and training, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 416th Theater Engineer Command, Darien, Illinois.

Brig. Gen. Vincent B. Barker, director of sustainment, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Kuwait, to deputy, inspector general, Office of The Inspector General, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Miguel A. Castellanos, advisor to the commander (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, U.S. Africa Command, Germany, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 84th Training Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. Miles A. Davis, assistant to the deputy commanding general – readiness (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 76th U.S. Army Reserve Operational Response Command, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Brig. Gen. Matthew P. Easley, director, Artificial Intelligence Task Force, U.S. Army Futures Command, Arlington, Virginia, to chief information security officer (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Edwards II, deputy commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 104th Training Division (Leader Training), Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to director of operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-9, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Rodney J. Fischer, deputy commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 80th Training Command, Richmond, Virginia, to deputy commander (Troop Program Unit), 104th Division Leader Training Headquarters, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Brig. Gen. Howard C. Geck, commander, (Troop Program Unit), 103d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Des Moines, Iowa, to assistant to the deputy commanding general – readiness (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Richard J. Heitkamp, deputy director, politico-military affairs (Western Hemisphere), J-5, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C., to deputy director, (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Military Programs Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. James J. Kokaska Jr., deputy commander, (Troop Program Unit), 416th Theater Engineer Command, Darien, Illinois, to commander, 102d Training Division (Maneuver Support) and deputy commanding general for mobilization and training, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Marsiglia, deputy commanding general, Army Reserve Medical Command, Pinellas Park, Florida, and mobilization and reserve affairs (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of the Surgeon General, Falls Church, Virginia, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), Medical Readiness and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Peder L. Swanson, program director, Reserve Medical, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C., to deputy commander (Troop Program Unit), 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support), Salt Lake City, Utah.


Release
August 27, 2020

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

Maj. Gen. Mark W. Gillette, chief of staff, United Nations Command, Republic of Korea, to senior defense official and defense attaché, U.S. Defense Attaché Office, Egypt.

Brig. Gen. Jacqueline D. Brown, deputy director of command, control, communications and cyber, J-6, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, to director of command, control, communications and cyber, J-6, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Paul T. Stanton, deputy director of operations, J-3, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland, to deputy commanding general (operations), U.S. Army Cyber Command, Fort Gordon, Georgia.

Col. (Promotable) Glenn A. Dean III, deputy for acquisition and systems management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), Washington, D.C., to program executive officer, Ground Combat Systems, Warren, Michigan.


Release
July 6, 2020

Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper announced today that the president has made the following nomination:

Marine Corps Col. David Nathanson for appointment to the rank of brigadier general. Nathanson is currently serving as the assistant chief of staff, G-4, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.


Release
July 6, 2020

Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper announced today that the president has made the following nominations:

Air Force Lt. Gen. Glen D. VanHerck for appointment to the rank of general, with assignment as commander, U.S. Northern Command; and commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.  VanHerck is currently serving as director, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard M. Clark for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general, with assignment as superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Clark is currently serving as deputy chief of staff, strategic deterrence and nuclear integration, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 

Air Force Maj. Gen. Tony D. Bauernfeind for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general, with assignment as vice commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.  Bauernfeind is currently serving as chief of staff, Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Air Force Maj. Gen. Jeffrey A. Kruse for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general, with assignment as the director’s advisor for military affairs, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, McLean, Virginia.  Kruse is currently serving as director for defense intelligence (warfighter support), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence), Pentagon, Washington, D.C.


Release
June 25, 2020

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

Maj. Gen. Clement S. Coward Jr., commanding general, 32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Fort Bliss, Texas, to director, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, Department of Defense Human Resources Activity, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), Arlington, Virginia.

Maj. Gen. Sean P. Swindell, special assistant to the director of the Army Staff, Office of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to assistant deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Anthony R. Hale, director of intelligence, J-2, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to commanding general and commandant, U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and Fort Huachuca, Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

U.S. Army Reserve

Maj. Gen. Darrell J. Guthrie, commanding general (Troop Program Unit), U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 88th Readiness Division, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

Brig. Gen. Stacy M. Babcock, deputy commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 63d Readiness Division, Mountain View, California, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 86th Training Division, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.

Brig. Gen. Tina B. Boyd, deputy commanding general, cyber (Troop Program Unit), 335th Signal Command (Theater), East Point, Georgia, to commanding general, 335th Signal Command (Theater), Operational Command Post (Forward), Kuwait.

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey C. Coggin, deputy commanding general (Troop Program Unit), U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Howard-Charles W. Geck, commander (Troop Program Unit), 103d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Des Moines, Iowa, to assistant to the deputy commanding general, readiness (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Cheryn L. Fasano, commander (Troop Program Unit), 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Indianapolis, Indiana, to deputy commander (Troop Program Unit), 377th Theater Sustainment Command, Belle Chasse, Louisiana.

Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Marsiglia, deputy commanding general (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Army Reserve Medical Command, Pinellas Park, Florida; and assistant surgeon general for mobilization and reserve affairs (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of the Surgeon General, Falls Church, Virginia, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), Medical Readiness and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Patricia R. Wallace, deputy commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 88th Readiness Division, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 91st Training Division (Operations), Fort Hunter Liggett, California.

Col. (Promotable) Jeffrey B. McCarter, commander (Troop Program Unit), First Medical Training Brigade (Training Support), Fort Gordon, Georgia, to deputy commanding general (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Army Reserve Medical Command, Pinellas Park, Florida; and assistant surgeon general for mobilization and reserve affairs (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of the Surgeon General, Falls Church, Virginia.

Col. (Promotable) Peder L. Swanson, program director for Reserve Medical, U.S. Army Element, Office of the Secretary Defense, Washington D.C., to deputy commander (Troop Program Unit), 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support), Salt Lake City, Utah.


Release
May 6, 2020

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

Maj. Gen. Sean A. Gainey, deputy director, force protection, J-8, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C., to director, Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office; and director of fires, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. George N. Appenzeller, commanding general, Regional Health Command-Central, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, to director, healthcare operations, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Brian R. Bisacre, commandant, U.S. Army Military Police School, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Heidi J. Hoyle, commandant, U.S. Army Ordnance School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia, to commanding general, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

Brig. Gen. Antonio V. Munera, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Cadet Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky, to commanding general, 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Brig. Gen. William A. Ryan III, chief of staff, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to senior advisor to the Ministry of Defense, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan.

Brig. Gen. Michelle A. Schmidt, deputy commanding general (Support),10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New York, to deputy chief of staff, intelligence, Resolute Support Mission, NATO; and director, J-2, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Reserve

Brig. Gen. John C. Hafley, commander (Troop Program Unit), 11th Military Police Brigade, Los Alamitos, California, to deputy commanding general – support (Troop Program Unit), 88th Readiness Division, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

Release
May 6, 2020

Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper announced today that the president has made the following nominations:

Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Lewis A. Craparotta, for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as commanding general, Training and Education Command. Craparotta is currently serving as the commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific; and commanding general, Fleet Marine Corps Forces Pacific, Camp Smith, Hawaii.

Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Steven R. Rudder, for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific; and commanding general, Fleet Marine Corps Forces Pacific. Rudder is currently serving as the deputy commandant for aviation, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C.

Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Dennis A. Crall, for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as director for command, control, communications, and computers (C4)/cyber; and chief information officer, J-6, Joint Staff. Crall is currently serving as the senior military advisor for cyber to the under secretary of defense for policy, Washington, D.C.

Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Karsten S. Heckl, for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as commanding general, I Marine Expeditionary Force. Heckl is currently serving as the commanding general, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Cherry Point, North Carolina.

Marine Corps Maj. Gen. David A. Ottignon, for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as deputy commandant for manpower and reserve affairs. Ottignon is currently serving as the director, Manpower Management Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia.

Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Mark R. Wise, for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as deputy commandant for aviation, U.S. Marine Corps. Wise is currently serving as the deputy commanding general, Marine Corps Combat Development Command; and assistant deputy commandant for combat development and integration, Quantico, Virginia.

Marine Corps Col. Adam L. Chalkley for appointment to the rank of brigadier general.  Chalkley is currently serving as the chief of staff, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Marine Corps Col. Kyle B. Ellison for appointment to the rank of brigadier general.  Ellison is currently serving as the director, Expeditionary Warfare School, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. 

Marine Corps Col. Phillip N. Frietze for appointment to the rank of brigadier general.  Frietze is currently serving as the deputy director, Capabilities Development Directorate, Department of Combat Development and Integration, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. 

Marine Corps Col. Peter D. Huntley for appointment to the rank of brigadier general.  Huntley is currently serving as the deputy commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 

Marine Corps Col. Julie L. Nethercot for appointment to the rank of brigadier general.  Nethercot is currently serving as the director, Commander’s Action Group, U.S. Northern Command, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 

Marine Corps Col. Forrest C. Poole III for appointment to the rank of brigadier general.  Poole is currently serving as the executive assistant to the deputy commandant, installations and logistics, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C.

Marine Corps Col. Ryan S. Rideout for appointment to the rank of brigadier general.  Rideout is currently serving as the chief of staff, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command, Norfolk, Virginia.


Release
May 1, 2020

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

Brig. Gen. Gentry W. Boswell, commander, 36th Wing, Pacific Air Forces, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to director, manpower, organization and resources, Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower, Personnel and Services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. (select) John P. Newberry, program executive officer, tankers, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to program executive officer, bombers, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Brig. Gen. (select) Dale R. White, program executive officer, advanced aircraft, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to program executive officer, fighters and advanced aircraft, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.


Release
April 30, 2020

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

Maj. Gen. Christopher T. Donahue, commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan/Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan, Resolute Support Mission, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan, to commanding general, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Maj. Gen. Scott L. Efflandt, deputy commanding general, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas, to commanding general, 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Maj. Gen. Diana M. Holland, commanding general, South Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Atlanta, Georgia, to commanding general, Mississippi Valley Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Maj. Gen. David T. Isaacson, director of architecture, operations, networks and space, Office of the Chief Information Officer/G-6, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to chief of staff, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland.

Maj. Gen. Patrick E. Matlock, commanding general, 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss, Texas, currently deployed as deputy chief of staff, operations, Resolute Support Mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization; deputy commanding general (operations), U.S. Forces-Afghanistan; and commander, U.S. National Support Element Command-Afghanistan, to director of operations, U.N. Command/Combined Forces Command/U.S. Forces Korea, Republic of Korea.

Maj. Gen. Terrence J. McKenrick, commanding general, First Army Division East, Fort Knox, Kentucky, to deputy commanding general, V Corps, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey L. Milhorn, commanding general, North Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Brooklyn, New York, to deputy commanding general for military and international operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C.

Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to commanding general, U.S. Army Africa/Southern European Task Force, Italy.

Maj. Gen. Richard M. Toy, commanding general, Mississippi Valley Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Mississippi, to chief of staff, United Nations Command, Republic of Korea.

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) Douglas A. Sims II, deputy director for regional operations and force management, J-35, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Brig. Gen. Shan Bagby, deputy commanding general (support), U.S. Army Medical Command/Chief of the Dental Corps, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, to commanding general, Brooke Army Medical Center/Chief of the Dental Corps, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Larry Q. Burris Jr., deputy commanding general (support), 3d Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, to director, CJ3, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Iraq.

Brig. Gen. Jack M. Davis, deputy commanding general, Regional Health Command-Pacific; senior market manager, Hawaii Enhanced Multi-Service Market; and chief of the Army Nurse Corps, Honolulu, Hawaii, to commanding general, Regional Health Command-Pacific; and chief of the Army Nurse Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Brig. Gen. Robert B. Davis, senior defense official and attaché, U.S. Defense Attaché Office, China, to chief of staff, U.S. Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

Brig. Gen. David S. Doyle, deputy commanding general (Support), 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general, Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Brig. Gen. Patrick D. Frank, commanding general, Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Fort Polk, Louisiana, to chief of staff, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Brig. Gen. Wendy L. Harter, commanding general, Brooke Army Medical Center; deputy commanding general, Regional Health Command-Central; and market manager, San Antonio Military Health System, to commanding general, Regional Health Command-Central, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Mark H. Landes, commanding general, Security Force Assistance Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general, First Army Division East, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. Frederick M. O’Donnell, deputy commanding general (operations), 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, currently deployed to Operation Phantom Aegis, Kuwait, to deputy director for operations, National Joint Operations Intelligence Center, Operations Team One, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Andrew D. Preston, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to chief of staff, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Tickner, commanding general, Pacific Ocean Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to commanding general, North Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Brooklyn, New York.

Brig. Gen. John W. Weidner to deputy director, plans, J-5, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. He most recently served as director, U.S. Army Nuclear and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Col. (Promotable) David C. Foley, deputy commander (operations), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to deputy director for operations, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Col. (Promotable) Mark J. Hovatter, deputy director, strategy, plans and policy, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to deputy director, plans and strategic integration, J-5, U.S. Africa Command, Germany.

U.S. Army Reserve

Maj. Gen. David W. Ling, assistant deputy chief of staff, G-4 (Troop Program Unit), mobilization and training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, Washington, D.C., to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 79th Theater Sustainment Command, Los Alamitos, California.

Brig. Gen. Christopher Z. Barra, chief of staff (Troop Program Unit), 311th Sustainment Brigade (Expeditionary), Los Angeles, California, to deputy commanding general – support (Troop Program Unit), 63rd Readiness Division, Mountain View, California.

Brig. Gen. Timothy E. Brennan, deputy commanding general – support (Troop Program Unit), 99th Readiness Division, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, to commander (Troop Program Unit), 353rd Civil Affairs Command, Staten Island, New York.

Brig. Gen. Robert S. Cooley Jr., commander (Troop Program Unit), 353rd Civil Affairs Command, Staten Island, New York, to chief of staff (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Edward H. Merrigan Jr., commander (Troop Program Unit), Great Lakes Training Division, 84th Training Command, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, to deputy commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 84th Training Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. Jonathan C. Moyer, chief of staff (Troop Program Unit), 353rd Civil Affairs Command, Staten Island, New York, to deputy commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 335th Signal Command (Theater), East Point, Georgia


Release
April 23, 2020

Brig. Gen. (select) Jennifer M. Short, executive assistant to the commander, Pacific Air Forces, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, to chief of staff, Pacific Air Forces, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.


Release
April 16, 2020

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

Brig. Gen. Rodney D. Lewis, deputy director, operations, National Joint Operations Intelligence Center, Operations Team One, J-3, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to director, strategy, posture and assessments, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy, Integration and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Steven P. Whitney, executive director, operational contract support, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to director, space programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.


Release
April 9, 2020

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

Brig. Gen. John J. Allen, director of civil engineers, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Installations and Force Protection, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to commander, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland, Texas.

Brig. Gen. (select) William H. Kale, chief, House Liaison Division, Office of the Legislative Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to director of civil engineers, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Installations and Force Protection, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.


Release
March 25, 2020

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

Maj. Gen. Jonathan P. Braga, commander, Special Operations Command Pacific, U.S. Special Operations Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Maj. Gen. Douglas C. Crissman, director, Mission Command Center of Excellence, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Donahoe, deputy commanding general (Operations), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, to commanding general, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey W. Drushal, commanding general, U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to director, J-4, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Fletcher, commander, Special Operations Command South, U.S. Special Operations Command, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, to deputy director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Maj. Gen. William K. Gayler, director, J-3 Operations/Cyber, U.S. Africa Command, Germany, to chief of staff, U.S. Africa Command, Germany.

Maj. Gen. William H. Graham Jr., deputy commanding general, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to deputy commanding general for Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, District of Columbia.

Maj. Gen. Charles R. Hamilton, commanding general, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to deputy chief of staff for Logistics and Operations, U.S. Army Materiel Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Maj. Gen. David C. Hill, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, to deputy chief of engineers; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, District of Columbia.

Maj. Gen. Stephen J. Maranian, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center; provost, Army University; and deputy commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to commandant, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.

Maj. Gen. Donna W. Martin, commanding general, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, to provost marshal general/commanding general, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Washington, District of Columbia.

Maj. Gen. Daniel G. Mitchell, commanding general, U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Life Cycle Management Command, Warren, Michigan, to commanding general, U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Illinois.

Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Pugh, commanding general, 7th Signal Command; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, Fort Gordon, Georgia, to director of Architecture, Operations, Networks and Space, Office of the Chief Information Officer/G-6, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Maj. Gen. John B. Richardson, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to deputy commanding general, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas.

Maj. Gen. Christopher J. Sharpsten, director, J-4, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to commanding general, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

Maj. Gen. Joel K. Tyler, commanding general, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to director, J-3 Operations/Cyber, U.S. Africa Command, Germany.

Maj. Gen. Kevin Vereen, provost marshal general and commanding general, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Washington, District of Columbia, to commanding general, U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) Miguel A. Correa to senior director for Gulf Affairs, Middle Eastern Affairs Directorate, National Security Council, Executive Office of the President, Washington, District of Columbia. He most recently served as special assistant to the Director of the Army Staff, Office of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) Stephen G. Smith, commandant, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to deputy commanding general, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) David Wilson, director, J-4, U.S. Forces Korea; and deputy director, C/J-4, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea, to commanding general, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Sean C. Bernabe, deputy chief of staff, G-3, U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Europe, Germany.

Brig. Gen. James P. Bienlien, director, Requirements Integration Directorate, Futures and Concepts Center, U.S. Army Futures Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, to deputy commanding general, Combat Capabilities Development Command; and senior commander, Natick Soldier Systems Center, U.S. Army Futures Command, Natick, Massachusetts.

Brig. Gen. James E. Bonner, commanding general, 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to commanding general, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Brig. Gen. William M. Boruff to deputy commander, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan. He most recently served as deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Brig. Gen. Robert M. Collins, program executive officer, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to program executive officer, Command, Control, and Communications (Tactical), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Brig. Gen. Kimberly M. Colloton, commanding general, South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco, California, to commander, Transatlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Charles D. Costanza, director of training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7,U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Joy L. Curriera, director of operations, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-9, U.S. Army, Washington, District Of Columbia, to commandant, The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defense University, Washington, District Of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Johnny K. Davis, commanding general, U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command, Futures and Concepts Center, U.S. Army Futures Command, Fort Bliss, Texas, to chief of staff, U.S. Army Futures Command, Austin, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Christopher L. Eubank, commandant, U.S. Army Signal School, to commanding general, 7th Signal Command; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army, Network Enterprise Technology Command, Fort Gordon, Georgia.

Brig. Gen. Marcus S. Evans, deputy director for Special Operations and Counter-Terrorism, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia, to commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan/Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan, Resolute Support Mission, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan.

Brig. Gen. James J. Gallivan, chief of staff, U.S. Army Futures Command, Austin, Texas, to commanding general, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Brig. Gen. Jered P. Helwig, chief of transportation and commandant, U.S. Army Transportation School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia, to director for Logistics, Engineering and Security Cooperation, J-4, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Donn H. Hill, commander, 2d Security Force Assistance Brigade, Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center; provost, Army University; and deputy commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Brig. Gen. Heidi J. Hoyle, commandant, U.S. Army Ordnance School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia, to commanding general, 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Brig. Gen. Scott A. Jackson, commander, 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia, to commanding general, Security Force Assistance Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Michelle M. Letcher, commanding general, Joint Munitions and Lethality, Life Cycle Management Command/Joint Munitions Command, Rock Island, Illinois, to commandant, U.S. Army Ordnance School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Paula C. Lodi, deputy chief of staff for Operations, U.S. Army Medical Command, Falls Church, Virginia, to commanding general, Regional Health Command-Atlantic, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Vincent F. Malone II, deputy commanding general, Combat Capabilities Development Command; and senior commander, Natick Soldier Systems Center, U.S. Army Futures Command, Natick, Massachusetts, to program executive officer, U.S. Army Joint Program Executive Office, Armaments and Ammunition; and commanding general, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey.

Brig. Gen. Charles J. Masaracchia, commander, Train Advise Assist Command-East, Resolute Support Mission, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan, to director, Mission Command Center of Excellence, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Brig. Gen. John V. Meyer III, deputy commanding general (Maneuver), 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, to deputy chief of staff, G-3, U.S. Army Europe, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Charles R. Miller, deputy director for Joint Strategic Planning, Strategy, Plans, and Policy Directorate, J-5, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia, to director of Policy, Strategy, Partnering, and Capabilities (J-5/8), U.S. European Command, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Antonio V. Munera, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Cadet Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky, to commanding general, U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Brig. Gen. Scott M. Naumann, Director, CJ-3, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Iraq, to director of training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Paul E. Owen, commanding general, Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Dallas, Texas, to commanding general, South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco, California.

Brig. Gen. Allan M. Pepin, commanding general, U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Michael L. Place, commanding general, Regional Health Command-Atlantic, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to commanding general, 18th Medical Deployment Support Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, deputy commanding general (Operations), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, to commander, Special Operations Command Pacific, U.S. Special Operations Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Michael E. Sloane, program executive officer, Simulations, Training, and Instrumentation, Orlando, Florida, to program executive officer, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Brig. Gen. James M. Smith, commanding general, 3d Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to chief of transportation and commandant, U.S. Army Transportation School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. William D. Taylor, senior advisor to the Ministry of Defense, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan, to deputy director for Regional Operations and Force Management, J-35, The Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Mark W. Thompson, command surgeon, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general, Regional Health Command-Europe; and command surgeon, U.S. Army Europe, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Darren L. Werner, commanding general, 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Hood, Texas, to commanding general, U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Life Cycle Management Command, Warren, Michigan.

Col. (Promotable) Steven L. Allen, deputy commander, U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Illinois, to commander, 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Eighth Army, Republic of Korea.

Col. (Promotable) Robert L. Barrie Jr., military deputy program executive officer, Program Executive Office, Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to program executive officer, Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Col. (Promotable) Guillaume N. Beaurpere, deputy commander (Support), 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, to commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Kuwait.

Col. (Promotable) Christopher G. Beck, commander, Transatlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Virginia, to commander, Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Dallas, Texas.

Col. (Promotable) Trevor J. Bredenkamp, commander, Train Advise Assist Command-South, Resolute Support Mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan, to deputy commander (Operations), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea.

Col. (Promotable) Winston P. Brooks, deputy commander (Maneuver), 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, to commandant, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Col. (Promotable) Lance G. Curtis, deputy director of Readiness, Strategy, and Operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to commander, 3d Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Col. (Promotable) Patrick L. Gaydon, director of materiel, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy commander, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Col. (Promotable) Gene D. Meredith, deputy commander (Maneuver), 2d Infantry Division (Combined), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, to deputy commander, 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, United Kingdom.

Col. (Promotable) Isaac J. Peltier, commander, Special Operations Command North, U.S. Special Operations Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, to deputy commander, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Col. (Promotable) Ronald R. Ragin, commander, U.S. Army Operational Test Command; and deputy commander for Operational Testing, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Fort Hood, Texas, to commanding general, 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Hood, Texas.

Col. (Promotable) Hope C. Rampy, executive officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to the adjutant general of the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Human Resources Command; commander, U.S. Army Physical Disability Agency; and executive director, Military Postal Service Agency, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Col. (Promotable) David F. Stewart, deputy commander (Operations), U.S. Army Space and Missile Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, to commander, 32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Fort Bliss, Texas.

U.S. Army Reserve

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) John H. Phillips, chief information officer; and deputy chief of staff, G-6, U.S. Army Europe (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to commander (Troop Program Unit), 335th Signal Command (Theater), East Point, Georgia.

Brig. Gen. Kris A. Belanger, commander, (Troop Program Unit), 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command (West), Arlington Heights, Illinois, to deputy commanding general, (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. William S. Lynn, deputy commander, (Troop Program Unit), 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support), Salt Lake City, Utah, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), Medical Readiness Training Command, San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Ernest Litynski, deputy commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 81st Readiness Division, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, to commander (Troop Program Unit), 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Brig. Gen. Dustin A. Shultz, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7 (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. David P. Warshaw, director (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Intelligence Operations, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He most recently served as commander (Troop Program Unit), U.S. Army Reserve Element, U.S. Central Command J2, Headquarters, Tampa, Florida.

Col. (Promotable) Christopher Z. Barra, chief of staff (Troop Program Unit), 311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Los Angeles, California, to deputy commanding general – Support, 63d Readiness Division, Mountain View, California.

Col. (Promotable) John C. Hafley, commander (Troop Program Unit), 11th Military Police Brigade, Los Alamitos, California, to deputy commander – Support, 88th Readiness Division, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.

Col. (Promotable) Jeffrey B. McCarter, commander (Troop Program Unit), 1st Medical Training Brigade, Fort Gordon, Georgia, to deputy commanding general, Army Reserve Medical Command, Pinellas Park, Florida; and Mobilization and Reserve Affairs, Office of the Surgeon General, Falls Church, Virginia.

Col. (Promotable) Jonathan C. Moyer, chief of staff (Troop Program Unit), 353d Civil Affairs Command, Staten Island, New York, to deputy commander – Signal, 335th Signal Command (Theater), East Point, Georgia.

Col. (Promotable) Peder Swanson, director (Active Guard and Reserve), Reserve Component Medical Programs and Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy commander, 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support), Salt Lake City, Utah.

Questions regarding these assignments should be directed to the Chief, GOMO at (703) 697-7994, DSN 227-7994, or email [email protected].


Release
March 19, 2020

The chief of staff, U.S. Air Force announces the assignment of the following general officers:

Maj. Gen. John M. Wood, commander, Third Air Force, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to director, plans and programs, Headquarters U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Julian C. Cheater, director, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Cyber Effects Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy director, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations; and director, Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operations Center, J-3, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Stewart A. Hammons, director, expeditionary support, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to director, remotely piloted aircraft and airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Cyber Effects Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. David A. Harris Jr., director, strategic plans, programs and requirements, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations, Hurlburt Field, Florida, to director, Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy, Integration and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia. (Previously announced as assigned to deputy director, Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy, Integration and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.)

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey R. King, director, logistics, engineering and force protection, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, to commander, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, Air Force Materiel Command, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

Brig. Gen. (select) William D. Betts, chief, Program Integration Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to vice commander, First Air Force, Air Forces Northern, Air Combat Command, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. (Previously announced as assigned to director, Coalition Air Advisory Training Team; director, Air Operations, CJTF-OIR; commander, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing; and deputy commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force-Levant, Baghdad, Iraq.)

Brig. Gen. (select) Jennifer Hammerstedt, military assistant to the deputy secretary of defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to commander, Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Air Force Materiel Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.

The chief of space operations, U.S. Space Force announces the assignment of the following general officer:

Brig. Gen. (select) Stephen G. Purdy Jr., senior materiel leader, Space Superiority Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, Headquarters U.S. Space Force, Los Angeles, California, to director, Strategic Plans, Programs, Requirements and Analysis, Headquarters U.S. Space Force, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.


Release
March 13, 2020

The chief of staff, U.S. Air Force announces the assignment of the following general officers:

Maj. Gen. John R. Gordy II, commander, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, Air Mobility Command, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, to assistant deputy, Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Todd A. Dozier, vice commander, 5th Air Force; and director, Pacific Air Forces Joint Air Component Coordination Element, Pacific Air Forces, Yokota Air Base, Japan, to director, regional affairs, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. John C. Walker, commander, 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Forces Central Command, Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to deputy director, Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy, Integration and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Release
February 28, 2020

The chief of staff, U.S. Air Force announces the assignment of the following general officers:

Maj. Gen. Barry R. Cornish, commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Air Command-Afghanistan; deputy commander, Air, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan; commander, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Afghanistan; and director, Air Forces Central Command Air Component Coordination Element for U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, to commander, Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern), Air Combat Command, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.

Brig. Gen. Richard H. Boutwell, director, Coalition Air Advisory Training Team; director, air operations, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve; commander, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing; and deputy commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force-Levant, Baghdad, Iraq, to vice commander, 9th Air Force, Air Combat Command, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Kenneth P. Ekman, vice commander, First Air Force (Air Forces Northern), Air Combat Command, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, to deputy commander, operations and intelligence, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, U.S. Central Command; and commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force-Levant, Air Combat Command, Southwest Asia.

Brig. Gen. David A. Harris Jr., director, strategic plans, programs, and requirements, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations, Hurlburt Field, Florida, to deputy director, Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy, Integration, and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Evan L. Pettus, commandant, Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Air Education and Training Command, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, to commander, 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Brig. Gen. Mark H. Slocum, commander, 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan, to director, Director of Operations, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. (select) William D. Betts, chief, Program Integration Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to director, Coalition Air Advisory Training Team; director, Air Operations, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve; commander, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing; and deputy commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force-Levant, Baghdad, Iraq.

Brig. Gen. (select) Steven G. Edwards, special assistant to the commander, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida, to director, strategic plans, programs, and requirements, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations, Hurlburt Field, Florida.

Brig. Gen. (select) Joseph D. Kunkel, vice director, operations, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, to commander, 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan.

Brig. Gen. (select) Derek J. O’Malley, commander, 20th Fighter Wing, Air Combat Command, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, to commander, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.

Release
February 20, 2020

The chief of staff, U.S. Air Force announces the assignment of the following general officers:

Brig. Gen. Michael A. Greiner, director, budget operations and personnel, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to director, financial management, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Brig. Gen. Michael G. Koscheski, director, operations, strategic deterrence and nuclear integration, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to deputy commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command; and deputy, Combined Forces Air Component Commander, U.S. Central Command, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.

Brig. Gen. (select) Patrick S. Ryder, special assistant to the director, public affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to director, public affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Release
February 13, 2020

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

Maj. Gen. Eric T. Hill, commanding general, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, U.S. Central Command, Baghdad, Iraq, to deputy commander, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida.

Maj. Gen. Randall Reed, senior defense official and defense attaché, Ankara, Turkey, to commander, Third Air Force, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Mark R. August, commander, 86th Airlift Wing, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to director, global reach programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. David M. Gaedecke, director, electromagnetic spectrum superiority, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy, Integration, and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to vice commander, Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber), Air Combat Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Robert S. Jobe, commander, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, to director, strategic plans, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Leonard J. Kosinski, director, logistics, J-4, Headquarters U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany, to vice commander, 5th Air Force; and director, Pacific Air Forces Joint Air Component Coordination Element, Pacific Air Forces, Yokota Air Base, Japan.

Brig. Gen. Caroline M. Miller, director, manpower, organization and resources, Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower, Personnel and Services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to commander, 502d Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Lansing R. Pilch, commander, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, to director, air and cyberspace operations, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Heather L. Pringle, director, strategic plans, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Brig. Gen. Donna D. Shipton, vice commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force Space Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, to director, strategic plans, programs, requirements and analyses, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Brig. Gen. Jeremy T. Sloane, commandant, Air War College, Air University, Air Education and Training Command, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, to commander, 36th Wing, Pacific Air Forces, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey D. Valenzia, commanding general, Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air, Operation Resolute Support, U.S. Central Command; and commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Kabul, Afghanistan, to director, joint force integration, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy, Integration and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. (select) Eric P. DeLange, senior executive officer to the vice chief of staff, U.S. Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to director, cyberspace operations, Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Cyber Effects Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. (select) Michael R. Drowley, commander, 355th Wing, Air Combat Command, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, to commander, 57th Wing, Air Combat Command, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

Brig. Gen. (select) Michael H. Manion, director, joint and National Security Council matters, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to director, electromagnetic spectrum superiority, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy, Integration, and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. (select) Parker H. Wright, commander, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to director, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Cyber Effects Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

The chief of space operations, U.S. Space Force announces the assignment of the following general officer:

Brig. Gen. Donald J. Cothern, senior materiel leader, Assistant Program Director for F-35 Development and Production, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to vice commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, U.S. Space Force, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California.

Release
February 12, 2020

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

Maj. Gen. Scott L. Efflandt, special assistant to the commanding general, III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort Hood, Texas, to deputy commanding general, III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort Hood, Texas.

Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Kamper, deputy commanding general, III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort hood, Texas, to commanding general, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Brig. Gen. Michele H. Bredenkamp, vice director for intelligence, J-2, Joint Staff (Defense Intelligence Agency), Washington, District of Columbia, to director of intelligence, U.S. Forces Korea; and deputy director of intelligence, Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea.

Brig. Gen. Michael R. Eastman, deputy director for joint force development and design integration, J-7, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy commanding general, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New York.

Brig. Gen. Kevin C. Leahy, deputy commanding general (operations), 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to director, Transregional Threat Coordination Cell, J-5, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Duane R. Miller, commanding general, Army Corrections Command; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Arlington, Virginia, to deputy provost marshal general, Office of the Provost Marshal General; and commanding general, Army Corrections Command; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Michael T. Morrissey to director for test, Missile Defense Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. He most recently served as commanding general, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Mark T. Simerly, commanding general, 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, to director, J-4, U.S. Forces Korea; and deputy director, C/J-4, U.N. Command/Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea.

U.S. Army Reserve

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) John H. Phillips, chief information officer and deputy chief of staff, G-6, U.S. Army Europe (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to commander (Troop Program Unit), 335th Signal Command (Theater), East Point, Georgia.

Release
February 6, 2020

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

Maj. Gen. Christopher E. Craige, director, plans and programs, Headquarters U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart-Mohringen, Germany, to commander, Air Force Personnel Center, Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower, Personnel and Services, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.

Maj. Gen. Kyle J. Kremer, director, Global Reach Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to director, strategic plans, requirements and programs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

Brig. Gen. Charles D. Bolton, vice commander, Eighteenth Air Force, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, to deputy director, operations, strategic deterrence and nuclear integration, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

Brig. Gen. Derek C. France, deputy director, operations, J-3, Headquarters U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to director, operations, strategic deterrence, and nuclear integration, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Michelle L. Hayworth, vice commander, Sixteenth Air Force, Air Combat Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to director, command, control, communication and cyber systems (C4), Headquarters U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force base, Illinois.

Brig. Gen. John M. Klein Jr., vice commander, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, Air Mobility Command, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, to director, U.S. Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center, U.S. Central Command, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

Brig. Gen. Benjamin R. Maitre, director, legislative affairs, Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to assistant commanding general, Air Force, Joint Special Operations Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. (select) Jason E. Bailey, director, Checkmate Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to commander, 31st Fighter Wing, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Aviano Air Base, Italy.

Release
January 23, 2020

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

Brig. Gen. Evan C. Dertien, director, Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Brig. Gen. select Matthew W. Higer, commander, Data Masked, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to commander, 412th Test Wing, Air Force Test Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Edwards Air Force Base, California.

Brig. Gen. Ernest J. Teichert III, commander, 412th Test Wing, Air Force Test Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Edwards Air Force Base, California, to senior defense official and defense attaché-Iraq, U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq.

Release
January 17, 2020

The chief of staff, Air Force announces the assignment of the following general officer:

Brig. Gen. select Jefferson J. O’Donnell, director, Air Force Colonel Management Office, Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower, Personnel and Services, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to senior defense official and defense attaché-United Kingdom, Defense Intelligence Agency, U.S. Embassy, London, United Kingdom.

Release
January 9, 2020

The chief of staff, Air Force announces the assignment of the following general officer:

Brig. Gen. Gregory Kreuder, senior defense official/defense attaché, U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq, to commander, 56th Fighter Wing, Air Education and Training Command, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.

Release
January 2, 2020

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

Brig. Gen. Douglas S. Coppinger, director of intelligence, J-2, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, to deputy chief, Central Security Service, National Security Agency, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

Brig. Gen. David N. Miller Jr., director of plans, programs, and financial management, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, to senior military assistant to the secretary of the Air Force, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.