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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

May 24, 2016

The chief of staff, Army announced the following assignments:

 

Maj. Gen. Richard D. Clarke, commanding general, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to vice director, strategic plans and policy, J-5, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia.

 

Maj. Gen. Steven R. Grove, director, J-2, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to director, Army Quadrennial Defense Review Office, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

 

Brig. Gen. Mitchell R. Chitwood, U.S. Army Reserve, to commanding general, Troop Program Unit, U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command, Gaithersburg, Maryland. He most recently served as director, Rule of Law Field Force-Afghanistan, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan.

 

Brig. Gen. Karen H. Gibson, deputy commanding general, Joint Force Headquarters-Cyber, U.S. Army Cyber Command, Fort Gordon, Georgia, to director of intelligence, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Kuwait.

 

Brig. Gen. Richard G. Kaiser to commander, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan. He most recently served as commanding general, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Cincinnati, Ohio.

 

Brig. Gen. James J. Mingus, deputy commanding general, maneuver, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, to director, Mission Command Center of Excellence, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

 

Brig. Gen. Richard K. Sele, U.S. Army Reserve, deputy commander, Troop Program Unit, 108th Training Command, Initial Entry Training, Charlotte, North Carolina, to deputy commanding general, Troop Program Unit, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

 

Brig. Gen. Christopher W. Stockel, U.S. Army Reserve, deputy commanding general, Troop Program Unit, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commander, Troop Program Unit, 351st Civil Affairs Command, Mountain View, California.

 

Brig. Gen. Aaron T. Walter, U.S. Army Reserve, deputy commander, Troop Program Unit, 84th Training Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky, to commanding general, Troop Program Unit, 100th Training Division, Operations Support, Fort Knox, Kentucky.