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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

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

Maj. Gen. Thomas W. Geary, assistant deputy chief of staff, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, deputy chief of staff, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to military deputy to the director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, District of Columbia. 

Brig. Gen. Christopher J. Ireland, deputy director, J-5, Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to deputy commander, Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Region and deputy combined/joint force air component commander for 1st Canadian Air Division, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Maj. Gen. James R. Marrs, director of intelligence, J-2 (Defense Intelligence Agency), Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to assistant deputy chief of staff, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, deputy chief of staff, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.