The Chief of Staff of the Army has announced several new officer assignments. Brig. Gen. Stephanie R. Ahern will transition from her role as Director, Concepts, Futures and Concepts Center, U.S. Army Futures Command in Adelphi, Maryland, to Director, Strategy, Plans and Policy at the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7 in Washington, D.C.
Brig. Gen. Frederick L. Crist is moving from his position as Commanding General of the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command with the Eighth Army in the Republic of Korea to Deputy Director, C-4 for Combined Forces Command; Director of Logistics, U-4 for United Nations Command; and Director, J-4 for U.S. Forces Korea.
Brig. Gen. Kirk E. Gibbs will leave his post as Commanding General of the Pacific Ocean Division at Fort Shafter in Hawaii to become Deputy Commanding General for Military and International Operations at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Washington, D.C.
Brig. Gen. William C. Hannan Jr., currently serving as Commanding General of the Transatlantic Division at Winchester, Virginia, will take over as Commanding General of the Northwestern Division in Portland, Oregon.
Brig. Gen. Martine S. Kidd will move from her roles as Deputy Director C-4 for Combined Forces Command; Director of Logistics U-4 for United Nations Command; and Director J-4 for U.S. Forces Korea to become Director for Logistics, Engineering and Security Cooperation J-4 at U.S Indo-Pacific Command in Camp H.M Smith, Hawaii.
Brigadier Generals Patrick A Teague and Geoffrey R Van Epps have also received new assignments: Teague will shift from Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché at the U.S Defense Attaché Office-Beijing to a similar role in India; Van Epps moves from being Commanding General at Northwestern Division to Deputy Commanding General III Corps at Fort Cavazos Texas.
Col (Promotable) Terri J Erisman transitions from Staff Judge Advocate III Corps Fort Cavazos Texas to Commander/Commandant US Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School Charlottesville Virginia while Col (Promotable) Grant S Fawcett shifts from Deputy Commander Support 3rd Infantry Division Fort Stewart Georgia to Deputy Director Politico-Military Affairs Europe NATO Russia Joint Staff Washington DC
Col (Promotable) Christopher A Kennebeck currently Chief Criminal Law Division Office Judge Advocate General Washington DC becomes Lead Special Trial Counsel Office Special Trial Counsel US Army Fort Belvoir Virginia while Col (Promotable) Steven M Ranieri Executive Officer Judge Advocate General Army Washington DC takes over as commanding general US Army Legal Services Agency Chief Judge US Army Court Criminal Appeals Fort Belvoir Virginia
In addition several officers within US Army Reserve are receiving new assignments Maj Gen Timothy E Brennan transitions from Deputy Director J 3 Individual Mobilized Augmentee US Africa Command Germany to Commander Troop Program Unit US Army Support First Army Rock Island Illinois Maj Gen Jeffrey W Jurasek shifts from Commander Troop Program Unit US Army Support First Army Rock Island Illinois to director operations J 3 Wartime Individual Mobilized Augmentee US Forces Korea Republic Korea
Maj Gen Martin F Klein moves from Commander Troop Program Unit 75th Innovation Houston Texas to deputy commanding general Individual Mobilized Augmentee US Reserve Fort Liberty North Carolina Brig Gens Christopher W Cook Michelle A Link Andrew F Scarcella also receive new posts Cook becomes deputy commanding general support Troop Program Unit 63rd Readiness Mountain View California Link commander Troop Program Unit 75th Innovation Houston Texas Scarcella deputy commander Troop Program Unit 78th Training Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst New Jersey
