General Officer Assignments 5 March

U.S. Department of Defense

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

Gen. James J. Mingus to vice chief of staff of the Army, Washington, D.C. He most recently served as director, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.

Lt. Gen. Michele H. Bredenkamp to director's advisor for Military Affairs, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Washington, D.C. She most recently served as commanding general, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Lt. Gen. Robert M. Collins to military deputy/director, Army Acquisition Corps, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), Washington, D.C. He most recently served as deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), Washington, D.C.

Lt. Gen. Sean A. Gainey to commanding general, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. He most recently served as director, Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office; and director of Fires, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Lt. Gen. Karl H. Gingrich to deputy chief of staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. He most recently served as director, Program Analysis and Evaluation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Lt. Gen. Anthony R. Hale to deputy chief of staff, G-2, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. He most recently served as commanding general/commandant, U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and Fort Huachuca, Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

Lt. Gen. William J. Hartman to deputy commander, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland. He most recently served as commander, Cyber National Mission Force, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland.

Lt. Gen. David M. Hodne to deputy commanding general, Futures and Concepts, U.S. Army Futures Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. He most recently served as director, Chief of Staff of the Army Transition Team, Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army, Washington, D.C.

Lt. Gen. Heidi J. Hoyle to deputy chief of staff, G-4, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. She most recently served as director of Operations, G-43/5/7, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, U.S. Army, Washington, DC.

Lt. Gen. David T. Isaacson to director, J-6, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. He most recently served as director, J-1, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.

Lt. Gen. Mary K. Izaquirre to The Surgeon General, U.S. Army; and commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Command, Washington, D.C. She most recently served as commanding general, Medical Readiness Command, East; and chief of the U.S. Army Medical Corps, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Lt. Gen. Thomas L. James to deputy commander, U.S. Space Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. He most recently served as deputy commander, Combined Joint Task Force Space Operations, U.S. Space Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.

Lt. Gen. Laura A. Potter to director of the Army Staff, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. She most recently served as deputy chief of staff, G-2, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Lt. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling to deputy chairman, NATO Military Committee, Belgium. He most recently served as deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Europe-Africa, Germany.

Lt. Gen. Mark T. Simerly to director, Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He most recently served as commanding general, U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command/Sustainment Center of Excellence and Fort Gregg-Adams, Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia.

Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Sims II to director, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. He most recently served as director for Operations, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.

Maj. Gen. (Promotable) John W. Brennan Jr. to deputy commander, U.S. Africa Command, Germany. He most recently served as director of operations, J-3, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Maj. Gen. (Promotable) Charles D. Costanza to commanding general, V Corps, Fort Knox, Kentucky. He most recently served as commanding general, 3rd Infantry Division and Fort Stewart, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Maj. Gen. (Promotable) Stephen G. Smith to deputy commanding general/chief of staff, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Liberty, North Carolina. He most recently served as commanding general, 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Maj. Gen. Andrew C. Gainey, commanding general, 56th Artillery Command, U.S. Army Europe-Africa, Germany, to commanding general, Southern European Task Force-Africa; and deputy commanding general for Africa, U.S. Army Europe-Africa, Italy.

Maj. Gen. Gavin J. Gardner, director for Logistics, Engineering and Security Cooperation, J-4, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, to commanding general, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Maj. Gen. Patrick L. Gaydon, vice director for Joint Force Development, J-7, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) William Green Jr. to chief of chaplains, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. He most recently served as deputy chief of chaplains, Office of the Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Maj. Gen. Garrick M. Harmon, deputy commanding general, Security Assistance Group-Ukraine, Operation Atlantic Resolve, Germany, to director of Strategy, Plans, and Programs, U.S. Africa Command, Germany.

Maj. Gen. Joseph E. Hilbert, director, Force Development, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, 11th Airborne Division; and deputy commander, U.S. Alaskan Command, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

Maj. Gen. James P. Isenhower III, commanding general, 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss, Texas, to assistant deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Maj. Gen. Ryan M. Janovic, director of Operations, J-3, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland, to commanding general, Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Eisenhower, Fort Eisenhower, Georgia.

Maj. Gen. Paula C. Lodi, commanding general, 18th Medical Command (Deployment Support); and command surgeon, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command and Fort Detrick, Fort Detrick, Maryland.

Maj. Gen. Charles T. Lombardo, director of Training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, 2nd Infantry Division (Combined), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea.

Maj. Gen. Douglas S. Lowrey, commanding general, Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, to commanding general, Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Maj. Gen. Jacqueline D. McPhail, director of Architecture, Operations, Networks and Space, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

Maj. Gen. Scott M. Naumann, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Liberty, North Carolina, to commanding general, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) and Fort Drum, Fort Drum, New York.

Maj. Gen. Thomas W. O'Connor Jr., commanding general, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to director, Force Development, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Maj. Gen. John L. Rafferty Jr., chief of Public Affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Army, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, 56th Artillery Command, U.S. Army Europe-Africa, Germany.

Maj. Gen. Hope C. Rampy, director, Military Personnel Management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Maj. Gen. Jeth B. Rey, director, Network Cross Functional Team, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to director of Architecture, Operations, Networks and Space, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Maj. Gen. Lori L. Robinson, commandant of Cadets, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, to commanding general, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Maj. Gen. James M. Smith, director of Operations, G-43/5/7, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to deputy commanding general, Installation Management Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Maj. Gen. Curtis D. Taylor, commanding general, National Training Center and Fort Irwin, Fort Irwin, California, to commanding general, 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Maj. Gen. Colin P. Tuley, deputy commanding general, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Liberty, North Carolina, to commanding general, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Moore, Fort Moore, Georgia.

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) David W. Gardner, commanding general, Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, Fort Johnson, Louisiana, to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Liberty, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. (Promotable) Monte L. Rone, commandant, U.S. Army Infantry School, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence; and director, Future Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team, Army Futures Command, Fort Moore, Georgia to Commanding General, 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Brig. Gen. Brandon C. Anderson, deputy commanding general (Support), 2nd Infantry Division (Combined), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, to commanding general, National Training Center and Fort Irwin, Fort Irwin, California.

Brig. Gen. Amanda L. Azubuike, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Cadet Command, Fort Knox, New York, to chief of Public Affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Maurice O. Barnett, commanding general, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Germany, to commanding general, U.S. Army Cadet Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. Christine A. Beeler, commanding general, Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to program executive officer, Simulations, Training and Instrumentation, Orlando, Florida.

Brig. Gen. Beth A. Behn, chief of Transportation and commandant, U.S. Army Transportation School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia, to director of Operations, G-43/5/7, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, U.S. Army, Washington, DC.

Brig. Gen. Matthew W. Braman, deputy commanding general (Support), 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York, to director, Army Aviation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Matthew W. Brown, deputy commanding general, 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, United Kingdom, to deputy commanding general, V Corps, Germany.

Brig. Gen. John P. Cogbill, deputy director, Operations Fires and Effects, J-3, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida to Deputy Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Liberty, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Eugene D. Cox, commanding general, Medical Readiness Command, West; and director, Defense Health Network West, Defense Health Agency, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, to commanding general, 18th Medical Command (Deployment Support); and command surgeon, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Jason A. Curl, director, CJ3, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Iraq, to commanding general, Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, Fort Johnson, Louisiana.

Brig. Gen. Sean P. Davis, commanding general, 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Cavazos, Texas, and Operation Spartan Shield, Kuwait, to deputy chief of staff, G-4, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Liberty, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Sara E. Dudley, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Liberty, North Carolina, to deputy commanding general for Operations, U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. Patrick J. Ellis, deputy chief of staff, G-3, U.S. Army Europe-Africa, Germany, to director, Network Cross Functional Team, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Escandon, deputy chief of staff for Operations, Plans and Experiments, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Futures Command, Austin, Texas, to deputy commanding general (Operations), 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.

Brig. Gen. Alric L. Francis, deputy commander (Operations), 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas, to commandant, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Brig. Gen. Kirk E. Gibbs, commanding general, Pacific Ocean Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to commanding general, Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland, Oregon.

Brig. Gen. George C. Hackler, commanding general, U.S. Army Operational Test Command; deputy commanding general for Operational Testing, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Fort Cavazos, Texas, to deputy commanding general, Combat Capabilities Development Command; and senior commander, Natick Soldier Systems Center, U.S. Army Futures Command, Natick, Massachusetts.

Brig. Gen. Peter G. Hart, deputy director, Strategy, Plans and Policy, J-5, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to deputy director for Joint Strategic Planning, Strategy, Plans, and Policy Directorate, J-5, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Paul D. Howard, commandant, U.S. Army Signal School, Fort Eisenhower, Georgia, to director, J-6, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Brig. Gen. Paige M. Jennings, commanding general, U.S. Army Financial Management Command, Indianapolis, Indiana, to director, J-1, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Gregory S. Johnson, The Adjutant General of the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Human Resources Command; commanding general, U.S. Army Physical Disability Agency; and executive director, Military Postal Service Agency, Fort Knox, Kentucky, to director, Military Personnel Management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Curtis W. King, commandant, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to commanding general, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Niave F. Knell, deputy commanding general (Support),1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army North, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Lambert, deputy commanding general, V Corps, Germany, to commanding general, Security Force Assistance Command, Fort Liberty, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Shannon M. Lucas, deputy provost marshal general, Office of the Provost Marshal General, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, U.S. Army Operational Test Command; and deputy commanding general for Operational Testing, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Fort Cavazos, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Mark D. Miles, director of Command, Control, Communications and Cyber, J-6, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii, to deputy commanding general, Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Eisenhower, Fort Eisenhower, Georgia.

Brig. Gen. Constantin E. Nicolet, director of Intelligence, J-2, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to director, J-2, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Brig. Gen. David C. Phillips to program executive officer, Program Executive Office - Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. He most recently served as project manager, Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, Program Executive Office Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Brig. Gen. Philip J. Ryan, commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Levant, Operation Inherent Resolve, Jordan, to commanding general, U.S. Army South, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Andrew O. Saslav, deputy commanding general (Operations), 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Liberty, North Carolina, to deputy chief of staff, G-3, U.S. Army Europe-Africa, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Jason C. Slider, deputy commanding general (Operations), 3rd Division (France), France, to commanding general, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Liberty, North Carolina.

Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) Jack J. Stumme to deputy chief of chaplains, Office of the Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. He most recently served as command chaplain, U.S. Army Europe-Africa, Germany.

Brig. Gen. James D. Turinetti IV, director, J-6, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to commanding general, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command and Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Brig. Gen. Camilla A. White, deputy program executive officer, Command, Control and Communication (Tactical), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to program executive officer, Combat Support/Combat Service Support, Warren, Michigan.

Brig. Gen. Jeremy S. Wilson, deputy commanding general (Maneuver), 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, to deputy commanding general-Training, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Brig. Gen. Scott C. Woodward, deputy commanding general-Training, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to deputy commanding general (Support), 2nd Infantry Division (Combined), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea.

Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Wortham II, deputy commanding general (Operations), 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), Fort Liberty, North Carolina, to assistant commander-Support, Joint Special Operations Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, Fort Liberty, North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. David J. Zinn, deputy commanding general (Operations), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, to director of Training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Col. Andrew L. Landers,* commander, 68th Medical Command (Deployment Support); and command surgeon, U.S. Army Europe-Africa, Germany, to deputy chief of staff for Operations, U.S. Army Medical Command, Falls Church, Virginia.

Col. Yolonda R. Summons,* deputy chief of staff for Operations, U.S. Army Medical Command, Falls Church, Virginia, to commander, Medical Readiness Command, West; and director, Defense Health Network West, Defense Health Agency, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

* Officer has been nominated for promotion to brigadier general. Assignment of this colonel should not be construed as the Senate's consent of this promotion nomination. There will be no action to frock or promote these officers until confirmed by the Senate.

Army Reserve

Maj. Gen. Deborah L. Kotulich, director (Inactive Ready Reserve), Army Recruiting and Retention Task Force, Washington, D.C., to deputy chief of Army Reserve (Individual Mobilized Augmentee), Office of the Chief of Army Reserve, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Kent J. Lightner, deputy commander - Support (Troop Program Unit), 412th Engineer Command, Vicksburg, Mississippi, to deputy commander - Support (Troop Program Unit), 81st Readiness Division, Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Katherine A. Simonson, deputy commander (Troop Program Unit), 3rd Medical Command, Forest Park, Georgia, to deputy commanding general (Inactive Ready Reserve), U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Brig. Gen. Richard W. Corner II, commander (Troop Program Unit), 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, Arlington Heights, Illinois, to special assistant to the assistant secretary of the Army (Individual Mobilized Augmentee), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Washington, D,C.

Brig. Gen. Brian T. Cashman, deputy commanding general (Individual Mobilized Augmentee), Southern European Task Force Africa, Italy, to commander, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, U.S. Africa Command, Djibouti.

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