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General officer moves

The annual reassignment season for general officers has begun, with the Office of the Chief of Staff announcing the following changes:

Maj. Gen. Daniel P. Bolger, commanding general, Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Fort Polk, La., to commanding general, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Maj. Gen. Thomas R. Csrnko, commanding general, U.S. Army Special Forces Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C., to commanding general, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Brig. Gen. (promotable) James E. Chambers, commanding general/commandant, U.S. Army Transportation Center and School, Fort Eustis, Va., to commanding general, U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command and Fort Lee, Fort Lee, Va.

Brig. Gen. (promotable) David D. Halverson, director of operations, readiness and mobilization, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to director, force development, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, deputy commanding general (support), 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, to special assistant to the commanding general, III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort Hood, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Walter L. Davis, director of operational maneuver, 3rd Army/U.S.Army Central, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, to director, Army aviation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. James L. Hodge, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Field Support Command, with duty as commanding general, Army Materiel Command Forward-Southwest Asia/G-4, U.S. Army Central, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, to commanding general, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

Brig. Gen. James L. Huggins Jr., deputy commanding general (maneuver), 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)/Multi-National Division-Center, Operation Iraqi Freedom to director of operations, readiness and mobilization, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Martz, director, concepts development and experimentation, Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Va., to deputy director/chief of staff, Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Va.

Brig. Gen. William L. Mayville Jr., deputy director, J-5, U.S. European Command, Germany, to deputy commanding general, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.Ca.

Brig. Gen. Phillip E. McGhee, director for resource management, Installation Management Command, Arlington, Va., to director of resource management, 3rd Army/U.S. Army Central, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

Brig. Gen. John W. Peabody, commanding general, U.S. Army Engineer Division, Pacific Ocean, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to commanding general, U.S. Army Engineer Division, Great Lakes and Ohio River, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Brig. Gen. David D. Phillips, deputy commanding general, Civilian Police Assistance Training Team, Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom to commandant, U.S. Army Military Police School, and deputy commanding general, Joint Training and Leader Development, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

Brig. Gen. David E. Quantock, commandant, U.S. Army Military Police School, and deputy commanding general, Joint Training and Leader Development, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., to deputy commanding general (detainee operations), Multi-National Force-Iraq, and commanding general, Task Force 134, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq.

Brig. Gen. Michael S. Repass, deputy commander, Special Operations Command Europe, U.S. European Command, Germany, to commanding general, U.S. Army Special Forces Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg N.C.

Brig. Gen. John E. Seward, deputy commanding general for operations, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Joseph L. Votel, deputy commanding general (operations), 82nd Airborne Division, and deputy commanding general (operations), Combined Joint Task Force-82, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, to deputy commander, Joint Special Operations Command, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Brig. Gen. Kevin R. Wendel, commanding general, 20th Support Command (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Yield Explosive), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., to director of operational maneuver, 3rd Army/U.S. Army Central, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

Brig. Gen. Francis J. Wiercinski, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to commanding general, U.S. Army Japan/9th Theater Support Command, Japan.

Brig. Gen. William T. Wolf, chief of staff, KFOR (Main), Pristina, Kosovo, to commanding general, U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center/Director of Army Safety, Fort Rucker, Ala.

Col. (promotable) Peter C. Bayer Jr., deputy commander/assistant commandant, U.S. Army Armor Center and Fort Knox, Fort Knox, Ky., to chief of staff, I Corps and Fort Lewis, Fort Lewis, Wash.

Col. (promotable) Brian R. Layer, deputy commander/director of operations, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Fort Eustis, Va., to commander/commandant, U.S. Army Transportation Center and School, Fort Eustis, Va.

Col. (promotable) Steven L. Salazar, deputy commander, Training Support Division (West) and Fort Carson, Fort Carson, Colo., to commander, Coalition Military Assistance Training Team, Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq.

Brig. Gen. Joseph Anderson, chief of staff, III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort Hood, Texas, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Ky.

Brig. Gen. Allison T. Aycock, director, Korea Region Office, Installation Management Command, Korea, to commanding general, Special Operations Command, Korea.

Brig. Gen. James O. Barclay III, director, Joint Center for Operational Analysis-Lessons Learned, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Suffolk, Va., to commanding general, U.S. Army Aviation Warfighting Center and Fort Rucker, Fort Rucker, Ala.

Brig. Gen. Edward C. Cardon, deputy commanding general (support), 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)/Multi-National Division-Center, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, to deputy commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

Brig. Gen. Lynn A. Collyar, commander, Defense Distribution Center, Defense Logistics Agency, New Cumberland, Pa., to commanding general, U.S. Army Ordnance Center, and commandant, U.S. Army Ordnance Schools, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

Brig. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, deputy commanding general, V Corps, U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army, Germany, to deputy chief of staff, G-3, U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army, Germany.

Brig. Gen. David L. Mann, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Ky., to commanding general, White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

Brig. Gen. James M. McDonald, effects coordinator, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas, to deputy commanding general, III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort Hood, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Hector E. Pagan, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center, Fort Bragg, N.C., to commander, Special Operations Command South, U.S. Southern Command, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla.

Brig. Gen. David G. Perkins, deputy chief of staff, G-3, U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army, Germany, to deputy chief of staff for strategic effects, Multi-National Force-Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq.

Brig. Gen. Bennet S. Sacolick, deputy director for Defense Counter-Terrorism Center, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C., to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Spoehr, commandant, U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School and deputy commanding general, material and technology, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo, to director of integration, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Keith C. Walker, assistant division commander (operations), 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, Fort Riley, Kan., to commander, Iraqi Assistance Group, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq.

Brig. Gen. Perry L. Wiggins, deputy director, regional operations, J-3, the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C., to assistant division commander (operations), 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, Fort Riley, Kan.

Brig. Gen. James C. Yarbrough, commander, Iraqi Assistance Group, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, to commanding general, Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Fort Polk, La.

Col. (promotable) Anthony G. Crutchfield, deputy commander and chief of staff, U.S. Army Accessions Command, Fort Monroe, Va., to director, Joint Center for Operational Analysis-Lessons Learned, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Suffolk, Va.

Col. (promotable) Patrick J. Donahue II, executive officer to the vice chief of staff, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to assistant division commander, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Ga.

Col. (promotable) William K. Fuller, chief of staff, Joint Special Operations Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., to deputy commander, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Col. (promotable) Walter M. Golden Jr., deputy commander and assistant commandant, U.S. Army Aviation Center, Fort Rucker, Ala., to assistant division commander, 2nd Infantry Division, 8th Army, Korea.

Col. (promotable) Richard C. Longo, deputy commander and assistant commandant, U.S. Army Field Artillery Center and School, Fort Sill, Okla., to director of training, office of the deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.