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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

The chief of staff, Army announced today the following assignments:

Maj. Gen. Allen W. Batschelet, commanding general, U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky, to chief of staff, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, commanding general, U.S. Army Military District of Washington, and commander, Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy chief of staff, operations, Resolute Support mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Afghanistan.

Maj. Gen. William K. Fuller, deputy chief of staff, operations, Resolute Support mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, to assistant deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Maj. Gen. John Uberti, chief of staff, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, to deputy commanding general, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas.

Maj. Gen. Peter D. Utley, commanding general, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to chief, U.S. Military Training Mission Saudi Arabia, U.S. Central Command, Saudi Arabia.

Brig. Gen. Scott E. Brower, deputy chief, operations, Office of the Defense Representative-Pakistan, to deputy commanding general, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Daniel L. Karbler, director, joint and integration, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to commanding general, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Brig. Gen. Viet X. Luong, deputy commanding general (maneuver), 1st Cavalry Division, and commander, Train Advise Assist Command-South, Resolute Support Mission Joint Command, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Afghanistan, to director, joint and integration, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Wilson A. Shoffner Jr., deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, to deputy chief of staff, communications, Resolute Support mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Afghanistan.