• General Officer Announcement, dtd 27 July 2017

        Office of the Chief of Staff, Army      

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

    Major General Brian J. McKiernan, Commanding General, United States Army Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill, Fort Sill, Oklahoma to Deputy Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

    Major General Michael C. O’Guinn, United States Army Reserve, to Deputy Surgeon General for Mobilization and Reserve Affairs (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of the Surgeon General, Falls Church, Virginia.  He previously served as Commanding General (Troop Program Unit), Medical Readiness and Training Command, San Antonio, Texas.

    Major General Wilson A. Shoffner, Jr., 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 to Commanding General, United States Army Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

    Major General John C. Thomson III, Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas to Deputy Commanding General, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas.

    Brigadier General (Promotable) Steven W. Ainsworth, United States Army Reserve, Commander (Troop Program Unit), 7th Mission Support Command and Deputy Commanding General, 21st Theater Support Command, Germany to Commander (Troop Program Unit), 377th Theater Sustainment Command, Belle Chasse, Louisiana.

    Brigadier General (Promotable) Paul T. Calvert, Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver), 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas to Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

    Brigadier General (Promotable) Bruce E. Hackett, United States Army Reserve, Commander (Troop Program Unit), 451st Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Wichita, Kansas to Commanding General (Troop Program Unit), 80th Training Command (The Army School System), Richmond, Virginia.

    Brigadier General (Promotable) James B. Jarrard, Director, Pakistan and Afghanistan Coordination Cell, J-5, Joint Staff, Washington, DC to Commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE, Kuwait.

    Brigadier General (Promotable) Miyako N. Schanely, United States Army Reserve, Commanding General (Troop Program Unit), 102d Training Division (Maneuver Support) and Deputy Commanding General for Mobilization and Training (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), United States Army Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri to Commander (Troop Program Unit), 416th Engineer Command, Darien, Illinois. 

    Brigadier General Paul H. Fredenburgh III, Commandant, The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defense University, Washington, DC to Director for Command, Control, Communications and Cyber, United States Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii.

    Brigadier General Matthew W. McFarlane, to Senior Military Assistant to Deputy Secretary of Defense, Washington, DC.  He most recently served as Deputy Commanding General (Operations), 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

    Brigadier General Andrew M. Rohling, Deputy Commanding General (Support), 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New York to Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, United Kingdom.

    Colonel (Promotable) John W. Aarsen, United States Army Reserve, Assistant Deputy Commander (Troop Program Unit), 94th Training Division, Fort Lee, Virginia to Commander (Troop Program Unit), 451st Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Wichita, Kansas. 

    Colonel (Promotable) George N. Appenzeller, Command Surgeon, United States Africa Command, Germany to Deputy Commander, Regional Health Command-Pacific, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

    Colonel (Promotable) Kris A. Belanger, United States Army Reserve, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-7, 80th Training Command (The Army School System), Richmond, Virginia to Commander (Troop Program Unit), 85th United States Army Reserve Support Command West, Arlington Heights, Illinois.

    Colonel (Promotable) Douglas A. Cherry, United States Army Reserve, Chief of Staff (Active Guard Reserve), 76th Operational Response Command, Salt Lake City, Utah to Deputy Commander (Troop Program Unit), 76th Operational Response Command, Salt Lake City, Utah.

    Colonel (Promotable) Ellen S. Clark, United States Army Reserve, Division Chief (Rear) (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Headquarters, United States European Command, Germany to Director, Army Reserve Engagement Cell (Individual Mobilization Augmentee)/Deputy Commander, United States Army South, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. 

    Colonel (Promotable) Robert S. Cooley, Jr., United States Army Reserve, Deputy Commander (Troop Program Unit), 85th Support Command, Arlington Heights, Illinois to Commander (Troop Program Unit), 353d Civil Affairs Command, Staten Island, New York.

    Colonel (Promotable) Dianne M. Del Rosso, United States Army Reserve, Strategic Mobility Chief (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, Washington, DC to Commander (Troop Program Unit), 311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Los Angeles, California.

    Colonel (Promotable) Joseph A. Edwards II, United States Army Reserve, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations (Troop Program Unit), Joint Enabling Capability Command, Norfolk, Virginia to Commander (Troop Program Unit), 104th Training Division (Leader Training), Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. 

    Colonel (Promotable) Howard-Charles W. Geck, United States Army Reserve, Assistant Deputy Commander-Support (Troop Program Unit), 80th Training Command (The Army School System), Richmond, Virginia to Commander (Troop Program Unit), 103d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Des Moines, Iowa.

    Colonel (Promotable) Michael T. Harvey, United States Army Reserve, Commander (Active Guard Reserve), United States Army Garrison, Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico to Commander (Troop Program Unit), 102d Training Division (Maneuver Support) and Deputy Commanding General for Mobilization and Training (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), United States Army Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

    Colonel (Promotable) Martin F. Klein, United States Army Reserve, Deputy Commander (Active Guard Reserve), Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey to Commander (TPU) United States Army Reserve Deployment Support Command, Birmingham, Alabama and Deputy Commander for Mobilization (Troop Program Unit), Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. 

    Colonel (Promotable) William S. Lynn, United States Army Reserve, Commander (Troop Program Unit), Southeast Medical Area Regional Support Group, Nashville, Tennessee to Deputy Commander (Troop Program Unit), 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support), Salt Lake City, Utah. 

    Colonel (Promotable) Joseph A. Marsiglia, United States Army Reserve, Commander (Troop Program Unit), Central Medical Area Readiness Support Group, Fort Sheridan, Illinois to 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.

    Colonel (Promotable) Robert F. Pleczkowski, United States Army Reserve, Director, Reserve Components Integration (Active Guard Reserve), Office of the Chief of Chaplains, Washington, DC to Assistant Deputy Chief of Chaplains (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of the Chief of Chaplains, Washington, DC.

    Colonel (Promotable) Mark A. Towne, United States Army Reserve, Director, Chief of Army Reserve & Commanding General, United States Army Reserve Action Group (Active Guard Reserve), Office of the Chief of Army Reserve, Fort Belvoir, Virginia to Deputy Chief of Staff (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of the Chief of Army Reserve, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

    Colonel (Promotable) Irene M. Zoppi, United States Army Reserve, Commander (Troop Program Unit), United States Army Reserve Element, United States Southern Command, 76th Operational Response Command, Miami, Florida to Deputy Commander-Support (Troop Program Unit), 200th Military Police Command (Mission Support Element), Fort Meade, Maryland.