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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

Jan. 30, 2015

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

Maj. Gen. James H. Dickinson, deputy to the inspector general, Office of the Secretary of the Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy director for test, Missile Defense Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Maj. Gen. Ryan F. Gonsalves, director, Operations, Readiness and Mobilization, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Seamands, director, Military Personnel Management, G-1, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to commanding general, U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Maj. Gen. Leslie C. Smith, commanding general, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, to deputy to the inspector general, Office of the Secretary of the Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Vandal, commanding general, 2nd Infantry Division, Eighth U.S. Army, Republic of Korea, to assistant chief of staff, C-3/J-3, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea, Republic of Korea.

Brig. Gen. Gary M. Brito, director, Force 2025 and Beyond Directorate, Army Capabilities Integration Center, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, to deputy commanding general, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Jason T. Evans, deputy commanding general for support, Installation Management Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, to director, Military Personnel Management, G-1, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. David B. Haight, deputy commander, Regional Command-East, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, to director, J-3, U.S. European Command, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Sean M. Jenkins, deputy commanding general (support), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, to deputy director for operations, J-3, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Brig. Gen. John S. Kolasheski, deputy chief of staff, Communications, Resolute Support Mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Afghanistan, to deputy commanding general, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Brig. Gen. Kent D. Savre, commanding general, U.S. Army Engineer Division, North Atlantic, Brooklyn, New York, to commanding general, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Brig. Gen. Mark C. Schwartz, deputy commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Afghanistan, to deputy commanding general, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Sean P. Swindell, commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Bragg, U.S. Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan/North Atlantic Treaty Organization Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Afghanistan.

Col. (Promotable) Michael J. Tarsa, deputy commander (support), 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, to deputy commander, 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, England.