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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

The chief of staff, Army announced the following assignments:

 

Maj. Gen. Phillip M. Churn, U.S. Army Reserve, commander (Troop Program Unit), 200th Military Police Command, Fort Meade, Maryland, to assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Reserve Matters, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia.

 

Maj. Gen. James H. Dickinson, deputy director for test, Missile Defense Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to chief of staff, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

 

Maj. Gen. Allan W. Elliott, U.S. Army Reserve, assistant deputy chief of staff, G-4, Mobilization and Training (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to assistant deputy commanding general for Reserve Office (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Materiel Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

 

Maj. Gen. Barbara R. Holcomb, deputy commanding general (Operations), U.S. Army Medical Command; and chief, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, to commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort Detrick; and chief, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, Fort Detrick, Maryland.

 

Maj. Gen. Brian C. Lein, commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort Detrick, Fort Detrick, Maryland, to commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School; and chief, U.S. Army Medical Corps, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

 

Maj. Gen. Patrick D. Sargent, commanding general, Regional Health Command - Pacific (Provisional); command surgeon, U.S. Army Pacific; senior market manager, Hawaii Enhanced Multi-Service Market; and chief, U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, Honolulu, Hawaii, to deputy commanding general (Operations), U.S. Army Medical Command; and chief, U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

 

Brig. Gen. Xavier T. Brunson, assistant commanding general, U.S. Army Special Forces Command (Airborne), U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to deputy commanding general, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New York.

 

Brig. Gen. Ronald P. Clark to deputy chief of staff for operations, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, United Kingdom.  He most recently served as deputy commanding general (Support), 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

 

Brig. Gen. Charles N. Pede, commanding general and commandant, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, Charlottesville, Virginia, to assistant judge advocate general for military law and operations, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

 

Brig. Gen. Bertram C. Providence, command surgeon, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general, Regional Health Command - Pacific (Provisional); command surgeon, U.S. Army Pacific; and senior market manager, Hawaii Enhanced Multi-Service Market, Honolulu, Hawaii.

 

Brig. Gen. Stuart W. Risch, assistant judge advocate general for military law and operations, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to commanding general, U.S. Army Legal Services Agency; and chief judge, U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

 

Brig. Gen. R. Mark Toy, commanding general, South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco, California, to commanding general, U.S. Army Engineer Division, Great Lakes and Ohio River, Cincinnati, Ohio.

 

Brig. Gen. Paul S. Wilson, commanding general, U.S. Army Legal Services Agency; and chief judge, U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to commanding general and commandant, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, Charlottesville, Virginia.