General Officer Assignments

April 23, 2010 - The Chief of Staff, Army announced today the following assignments:

Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson, chief of staff, U. S. Forces-Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, to director of operations, readiness and mobilization, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U. S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Maj. Gen. William B. Garrett III, commanding general, U. S. Army Africa/commanding general, U. S. Army Southern European Task Force, Italy, to chief of staff, U. S. Forces-Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq.

Maj. Gen. James L. Huggins Jr., director of operations, readiness and mobilization, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U. S. Army, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N. C.

Maj. Gen. Michael D. Jones, director of operations, J-3, U. S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., to chief of staff, U. S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U. S. Army Reserve Command, Office of the Chief, Army Reserve, Fort McPherson, Ga., to director, J-9, U. S. Forces-Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq.

Brig. Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, deputy commanding general, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N. C., to deputy commanding general, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Richard C. Longo, director of training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U. S. Army, Washington, D.C., to deputy chief of staff, operations and training, U. S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Va.

Brig. Gen. James C. Nixon, deputy commanding general (operations), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, to deputy director for operations-force protection, U. S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.

Brig. Gen. Frederick S. Rudesheim, deputy commanding general (support), 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, to director for requirements and integration, J-8, U. S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Va.

Col. Robert P. Ashley Jr., who has been selected for the rank of brigadier general, director of intelligence, J-2, U. S. Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N. C., to director of intelligence, J-2, U. S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.