| Personnel Moves November/December 2007 |
Military
Air Force Col. Bruce A. Litchfield for promotion to the grade of brigadier general. Litchfield is currently assigned as director of logistics, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.
Air Force Col. Christopher F. Burne has been nominated for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Burne is currently serving as staff judge advocate, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va.
Air Force Col. Dwight D. Creasy has been nominated for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Creasy is currently serving as staff judge advocate, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
Air Force Col. Mark A. Ediger has been nominated for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Ediger is currently serving as command surgeon, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
Air Force Col. Richard A. Hersack has been nominated for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Hersack is currently serving as command surgeon, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Air Force Col. Daniel O. Wyman has been nominated for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Wyman is currently serving as command surgeon, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.
Brig. Gen. Duane A. Jones, director, logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to director, global combat support, deputy chief of staff, logistics, installations and mission support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Brig. Gen. Robert C. Kane, deputy director, operations and training, deputy chief of staff, air, space and information operations, plans and requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C., to vice commander, 18th Air Force, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
Brig. Gen. Lyn D. Sherlock, director, Office of International Security Operations, Political-Military Affairs Bureau and senior military representative to the Department of State, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C., to deputy director, operations and training, deputy chief of staff, air, space and information operations, plans and requirements, Headquarters U.S.Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Brig. Gen. David L. Goldfein, commander, 49th Fighter Wing, Air Combat Command, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., to deputy director, programs, deputy chief of staff, strategic plans and programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Col. Dave C. Howe, deputy director, installations, mission support and the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Civil Engineer, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to director, logistics, installations and mission support, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
Air Force Maj Gen. William L. Shelton for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general with assignment as commander, Fourteenth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic-Space) Air Force Space Command, and commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, U.S. Strategic Command, Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Shelton is currently serving as commander, Fourteenth Air Force, Air Force Space Command, and commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, U.S. Strategic Command, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the President has nominated Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard Y. Newton III for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general with assignment as deputy chief of staff, manpower and personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Newton is currently serving as assistant deputy chief of staff, air, space and information operations, plans and requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the President has nominated Air Force Lt. Gen. Roger A. Brady for appointment to the rank of general with assignment as commander, U.S. Air Forces Europe/commander, Air Component Command, Ramstein/director, Joint Air Power Competency Center, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Brady is currently serving as deputy chief of staff, Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the President has nominated Col. Walter D. Givhan, U. S. Air Force, for promotion to the rank of brigadier general. Givhan is currently assigned as director, Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Executive Action Group, Headquarters U.S Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Brig. Gen. Cecil R. Richardson, air force deputy chief of chaplains, headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C., to air force chief of chaplains, headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Brig. Gen. (s) David H. Cyr, director, U.S. Air Force Chaplain Service Institute, Eaker Professional Development College, Air University, Air Education and Training Command, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., to air force deputy chief of chaplains, headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Brig. Gen. Brooks L. Bash, director, Combat and Information Operations, Headquarters U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., to commander, Coalition Air Force TransitionTeam, Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq, Air Combat Command, Baghdad, Iraq
Air Force Brig. Gen. Cecil R. Richardson for appointment to the grade of major general while serving as the Air Force deputy chief of chaplains, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.
Brig. Gen. John M. Bednarek, assistant division commander (operations), 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, to commanding general, U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson, Fort Jackson, S.C..
Brig.Gen. Robert B. Brown, director, J-7, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, to deputy commanding general, 25th Infantry Division (light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Brig.Gen. Thomas M. Cole, deputy program executive officer, intelligence, electronic warfare, and sensors, Fort Monmouth, N.J.,to program executive officer, intelligence, electronic warfare, and sensors, Fort Monmouth, N.J..
Brig. Gen. James C. Nixon, director of operations, J-3, Center for Special Operations, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla, to deputy commanding general, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Brig.Gen. Belinda Pinckney, commanding general, Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command, Alexandria, Va., to director, Army Diversity Task Force, Washington, D.C.
Brig. Gen. Francis J. Wiercinski, deputy commanding general, 25th Infantry Division (light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
Lt. Gen. David P. Valcourt, U. S. Army, for reappointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as deputy commanding general/chief of staff, U. S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Va. He is currently serving as commanding general, Eighth U. S. Army/chief of staff, U. N. Command/Combined Forces Command/U. S. Forces Korea.
Maj. Gen. Howard B. Bromberg, chief of staff, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. to commanding general, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Maj. Gen. Robert P. Lennox, commanding general, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss, Texas, to assistant deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.
Maj. Gen. Carroll F. Pollett, commanding general, U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to chief of staff, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
Maj. Gen. Gale S. Pollock, deputy surgeon general/acting surgeon general, U.S. Army/chief, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, Falls Church, Va., to deputy surgeon general for force management/chief, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.
Brig. Gen. Mary A. Legere, assistant chief of staff, J-2, U.S. Forces Korea/deputy C-2, Combined Forces Command/deputy U-2, U.N. Command, Korea, to assistant deputy chief of staff for intelligence, C-2, Multi-National Force-Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq.
Army Maj. Gen. Joseph F. Fil Jr. for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as commanding general, Eighth U.S. Army/chief of staff, U.N. Command/Combined Forces Command/U.N. Forces Korea. Fil is currently serving as commanding general, 1st Cavalry Division/ commanding general, Multi National Division-Baghdad, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq.
Maj. Gen. John A. Macdonald to commanding general, Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command/deputy commanding general, Installation Management Command, Arlington, Va. He is currently serving as deputy commanding general, Installation Management Command, Arlington, Va.
Brig. Gen. John D. Johnson to deputy commanding general, Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command, Arlington, Va. He most recently served as assistant division commander (maneuver), 2d Infantry Division, Korea.
Brig. Gen. Dana K. Chipman to commander/commandant, Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, Charlottesville, Va. He is currently serving as staff judge advocate, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
Maj. Gen. Dana T. Atkins, director, operations, J-3, Headquarters U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, to special assistant to the commander, Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii
Maj. Gen. Douglas L. Raaberg, director, air and space operations, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va., to deputy combined forces air component commander, U.S. Central Command; deputy commander, Air Force Forces; and vice commander, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force, Air Combat Command, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar
Maj. Gen. Winfield W. Scott III, deputy chief of staff, strategic communications, Multi-National Force-Iraq, U.S. Central Command, Baghdad, Iraq, to special assistant to the commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
Maj. Gen. Gilmary M. Hostage III, director, requirements and integration, J-8, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Va., to vice commander, Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii
Maj. Gen. David M. Edgington, director, Air Component Coordination Element, Multi-National Force-Iraq, Air Combat Command, Baghdad, Iraq, to director, requirements and integration, J-8, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Va.
Maj. Gen. David E. Clary, vice commander, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va., to director, Air Component Coordination Element, Multi-National Force-Iraq, Air Combat Command, Baghdad, Iraq
Maj. Gen. Roy M. Worden, commander, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, Air Combat Command, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., to vice commander, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va.
Brig. Gen. Stephen L. Hoog, commander, 57th Wing, Air Combat Command, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., to commander, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, Air Combat Command, Nellis Air Force Base,Nev.
Brig. Gen. Michael R. Moeller, director, strategy, policy and plans, J-5, U.S. Southern Command, Miami, Fla., to commander, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar
Brig. Gen. Harry D. Polumbo Jr., commander, 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Air Combat Command, Beale Air Force Base, Calif., to commander, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates
Brig. Gen. Robert P. Otto, deputy director, intelligence and air, space, and information operations for flying training, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, to commander, 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Air Combat Command, Beale Air Force Base, Calif.
Brig. Gen. Brian T. Bishop, deputy director, legislative liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C., to commander, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Balad Air Base, Iraq
Brig. Gen. James M. Holmes, special assistant, deputy chief of staff, air, space and information operations, plans and requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C., to commander, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan
Brig. Gen Janet Anthea Therianos, special assistant to the assistant vice chief of staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C., to director, intelligence, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
Brig. Gen. Donald M. Campbell Jr., deputy commanding general/chief of staff, I Corps and Fort Lewis, Fort Lewis, Wash., to commanding general, U. S. Army Armor Center and Fort Knox/commandant, U. S. Army Armor School, Fort Knox, Ky.
Army Col. Dana K. Chipman for promotion to the rank of brigadier general. Chipman is currently serving as staff judge advocate, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
Maj. Gen. John A. Yingling, deputy commanding general, First Army, Fort Gillem, Ga. to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Ga..
Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman, Office of The Surgeon General, Falls Church, Va. to commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort Detrick, Fort Detrick, Md.
Brig. Gen. (Promotable) David A. Rubenstein, commanding general, Europe Regional Medical Command/Command Surgeon, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany to deputy surgeon general, U.S. Army, Falls Church, Va.
Brig. Gen. Stephen L. Jones, assistant surgeon general for force projection, Office of The Surgeon General, Falls Church, Va to commanding general, Tripler Army Medical Center/Pacific Regional Medical Command/U.S. Army Pacific Surgeon/Lead Agent, Tricare Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Brig. Gen. Richard R. McPhee, division head, J-3 Operations, Joint Forces Command-South, Naples to chief of staff, First Army, Fort Gillem, Ga.
Brig. Gen. Michael S. Tucker, deputy commanding general, North Atlantic Regional Medical Command, Washington, D.C. to assistant surgeon general for warrior care transition, Office of The Surgeon General, Falls Church, Va.
Brig. Gen. Philip Volpe, commanding general, 44th Medical Command/Corps Surgeon, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C. to Office of The Surgeon General, Falls Church, Va. with duty as deputy commander, Joint Task Force-National Capital Region Medical Command.
*Col. Rhonda L. S. Cornum, chief, department of surgery, Ireland Army Community Hospital, Fort Knox, Ky. to assistant surgeon general for force projection, Office of The Surgeon General, Falls Church, Va.
*Col. Keith W. Gallagher, commander, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, Ky. to commander, Europe Regional Medical Command/Command Surgeon, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany
*The assignment of these colonels should not be construed as the Senate’s consent of their promotion nomination, and there will be no action to frock or promote them until Senate confirmation.
Rear Adm. (selectee) Cecil E. Haney is being assigned as director, Submarine Warfare Division, N87, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Haney is currently serving as commander, Submarine Group Two, Groton, Conn.
Rear Adm. (lower half) Kathleen M. Dussault is being assigned as commander, Joint Contracting Command, Multi-National Force Iraq. Dussault is currently serving as deputy assistant secretary of the Navy, acquisition management, Washington, D.C.
Rear Adm. (lower half) Bruce E. Grooms is being assigned as commander, Submarine Group Two, Groton, Conn. Grooms is currently serving as director, Submarine Warfare Division, N87, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C.
Rear Adm. (lower half) (selectee) Lothrop S. Little is being assigned as commander, Navy Reserve Forces Command, New Orleans, La. Little is currently serving as chief of staff, Navy Reserve Forces Command, New Orleans, La.
Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Martin Post has been nominated for appointment to the rank of major general. Post is currently serving as the deputy commanding general, I Marine Expeditionary Force (governance and economics), Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Richard P. Mills has been nominated for appointment to the rank of major general. Mills is currently serving as the assistant division commander, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Randolph D. Alles has been nominated for appointment to the rank of major general. Alles is currently serving as the assistant wing commander, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, San Diego, Calif.
Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. has been nominated for appointment to the rank of major general. Dunford is currently serving as the vice director for operations, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.
Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Paul E. Lefebvre has been nominated for appointment to the rank of major general. Lefebvre is currently serving as the commanding general, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island; and commanding general, Eastern Recruiting Region, Parris Island, S.C.
Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Robert E. Milstead Jr. has been nominated for appointment to the rank of major general. Milstead is currently serving as the director, public affairs, Washington, D.C.
Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Anthony L. Jackson has been nominated for appointment to the rank of major general. Jackson is currently serving as the director of operations and logistics, U.S. Africa Command, Germany.
Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Melvin G. Spiese has been nominated for appointment to the rank of major general. Spiese is currently serving as the commanding general, MAGTF Training Command; and commanding general, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Michael R. Regner has been nominated for appointment to the rank of major general. Regner is currently serving as the legislative assistant to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Washington, D.C.