• General Officer Announcement, dtd 20 March 2017

        Office of the Chief of Staff, Army      

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

    Major General Scottie D. Carpenter, United States Army Reserve, Commander (Troop Program Unit), 84th Training Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky to Deputy Commanding General (Operations) (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), United States Army Reserve Command and Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Reserve, United States Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

    Major General Jason T. Evans, Director, Military Personnel Management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, United States Army, Washington, DC to Commanding General, United States Army Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

    Major General Malcolm B. Frost, Chief of Public Affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC to Commanding General, United States Army Center for Initial Military Training, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

    Major General Duane A. Gamble, Commanding General, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, United States Army Europe, Germany to Commanding General, United States Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Illinois.

    Major General William B. Hickman, Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Central, Kuwait to Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans and Policy, Headquarters, Supreme Allied Command-Transformation, Norfolk, Virginia.

    Major General Clayton M. Hutmacher, Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina to Director of Operations, J-3, United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

    Major General James E. Kraft, Jr., Commanding General, 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina to Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

    Major General Mark J. O'Neil, Chief of Staff, United States Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii to Commanding General, United States Army Alaska/Deputy Commander, United States Alaskan Command, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

    Major General Steven A. Shapiro, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and Operations, United States Army Materiel Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama to Commanding General, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, United States Army Europe, Germany.

    Major General Wilson A. Shoffner, Jr., Director, Talent Management Task Force, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, United States Army, Washington, DC to Director of Operations/Director, Rapid Equipment Fielding, Army Rapid Capabilities Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), Washington, DC.

    Major General Mark R. Stammer, Deputy Commanding General, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington to Commanding General, United States Army South, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

    Major General Randy S. Taylor, Director of Architecture, Operations, Networks and Space, Office of the Chief Information Officer/G-6, United States Army, Washington, DC to Commanding General, United States Army Communications-Electronics Command and Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

    Major General Tracy A. Thompson, United States Army Reserve, Commander (Troop Program Unit), 412th Theater Engineer Command, Vicksburg, Mississippi to Deputy Commanding General (Support) (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), United States Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Deputy Commanding General (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), United States Army Reserve, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Base Langley- Eustis, Virginia.

    Major General Robert P. Walters, Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Resolute Support Mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization/Director, J-2, United States Forces-Afghanistan, OPERATION FREEDOM'S SENTINEL, Afghanistan to Commanding General/Commandant, United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and Fort Huachuca, Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

    Brigadier General Carl A. Alex, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, United States Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina to Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, Headquarters Allied Joint Force Command-Brunssum, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Netherlands.

    Brigadier General Francis M. Beaudette, Assistant Commander-Support, Joint Special Operations Command, United States Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina to Commanding General, 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

    Brigadier General Christopher F. Bentley, Deputy Director for Operations, National Joint Operations Intelligence Center, Operations Team-1, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, DC to Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Defense, United States Forces-Afghanistan, OPERATION FREEDOM'S SENTINEL, Afghanistan.

    Brigadier General James E. Bonner, Commandant, United States Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School, United States Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri to Commanding General, 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

    Brigadier General Scott E. Brower, Deputy Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky to Deputy Chief of Staff, Communications, Resolute Support Mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, OPERATION FREEDOM'S SENTINEL, Afghanistan.

    Brigadier General Joseph R. Calloway, Director, Officer Personnel Management Directorate, United States Army Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky to Director, Military Personnel Management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, United States Army, Washington, DC.

    Brigadier General Paul A. Chamberlain, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8/Director, Resource Management, United States Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina to Director for Army Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), Washington, DC.

    Brigadier General Ronald P. Clark, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, United Kingdom to Chief of Staff, United States Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

    Brigadier General Steven W. Gilland, Deputy Commanding General (Operations), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky to Commandant of Cadets, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.

    Brigadier General Kenneth D. Hubbard, Director, Capability and Resource Integration, J-8, United States Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland to Deputy Chief of Staff, G8/Director, Resource Management, United States Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

    Brigadier General Gary W. Johnston, Director of Intelligence, J-2, United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida to Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Resolute Support Mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization/Director, J-2, United States Forces-Afghanistan, OPERATION FREEDOM'S SENTINEL, Afghanistan.

    Brigadier General Omar J. Jones IV, Deputy Commanding General (Operations), 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington to Chief of Public Affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC.

    Brigadier General Ronald Kirklin, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, United States Army, Washington, DC to Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, United States Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

    Brigadier General Donna W. Martin, Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky to Commandant, United States Army Military Police School, United States Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

    Brigadier General Stephen L. Michael, Deputy Commanding General (Operations), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii to Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, United States Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

    Brigadier General Jeffrey L. Milhorn, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, United States Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii to Deputy Commanding General, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

    Brigadier General Kevin Vereen, Commandant, United States Army Military Police School, United States Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri to Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

    Brigadier General Brian E. Winski, Director, Operations, Readiness and Mobilization, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, United States Army, Washington, DC to Chief, Legislative Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC.

    Colonel (Promotable) Jonathan P. Braga, Chief of Staff, Joint Special Operations Command, United States Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina to Director, CJ3, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE, Kuwait.

    Colonel (Promotable) John W. Brennan, Jr., Chief of Staff, Special Operations Command Central, United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida to Deputy Commander, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

    Colonel (Promotable) Clement S. Coward, Jr., Director, Business Operations, Office of Business Transformation, Office of the Under Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC to Director, Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization, J-8, Joint Staff, Washington, DC.

    Colonel (Promotable) Neil S. Hersey, Director, Joint Cyberspace Center, J-3, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida to Commandant, United States Army Cyber Center and School, Fort Gordon, Georgia.

    Colonel (Promotable) Lonnie G. Hibbard, Deputy Commander (Support), 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington to Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

    Colonel (Promotable) Christopher O. Mohan, Director, Strategic Logistics Integration (G-45/7), Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, United States Army, Washington, DC to Commander, 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

    Colonel (Promotable) Kenneth T. Royar, Chief of Staff, United States Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama to Deputy Commander, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.