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ASSIGNMENTS / APPOINTMENTS / ANNOUNCEMENTS
General Officer Assignments
SOURCE: Department of Defense
The chief of staff, Air Force announced the following assignments:
Maj. Gen. David W. Allvin, director, concepts and assessments, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to director, plans and policy, ECJ-5, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany.
Brig. Gen. Steven L. Basham, director, strategic plans, requirements and programs, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, to deputy director, requirements, J-8, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.
Brig. Gen. Joseph T. Guastella, who has been selected for the grade of major-general, deputy director, requirements, J-8, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy chief of staff, operations, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Mons, Belgium.
Brig. Gen. Gregory M. Guillot, commander, 55th Wing, Air Combat Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, to director, strategic plans, requirements and programs, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
Col. Darren V. James, who has been selected for the grade of brigadier general, deputy director, operations and plans, Headquarters U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, to commander, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Southwest Asia.
Maj. Gen. John F. Newell III, director of strategy, policy and plans, J5, North American Aerospace Defense Command and Headquarters U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, to director, strategy, concepts and assessments, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.
Brig. Gen. Ricky N. Rupp, special assistant to the commander, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, U.S. Forces Korea, Yongsan, Republic of Korea, to U.S. defense attaché and senior defense official for the state of Israel, U.S. Embassy, Tel Aviv.
Brig. Gen. John S. Shapland, U.S. defense attaché and senior defense official for the state of Israel, U.S. Embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel, to director, air, space and information operations, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
The chief of staff, Army announced the following assignments:
Maj. Gen. Todd B. McCaffrey, chief of staff, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
Brig. Gen. Carl A. Alex, deputy commanding general (support), 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New York, to assistant deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7 (readiness), U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Brig. Gen. Stephen E. Farmen, commanding general, 19th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Eighth U.S. Army, Republic of Korea, to commanding general, Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command and Joint Munitions Command, and deputy commanding general, Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois.
Brig. Gen. Bryan P. Fenton, deputy commanding general (operations), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, to assistant chief of staff, G-3, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Graves, deputy commanding general (operations), 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, to deputy commanding general (operations), Eighth U.S. Army, Republic of Korea.
Brig. Gen. Christopher P. Hughes, deputy commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College; and deputy commanding general, leader development and education, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to chief of staff, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
Brig. Gen. Clayton M. Hutmacher, deputy commanding general (support), 2d Infantry Division, Eighth U.S. Army, Republic of Korea, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Brig. Gen. Patrick E. Matlock, deputy director for operations, National Joint Operations Intelligence Center, Operations Team Four, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy commanding general, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Brig. Gen. Daniel G. Mitchell, deputy commanding general (support), 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to deputy commanding general for support, Installation Management Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.
Brig. Gen. Robert J. Ulses, assistant chief of staff, G-3, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to deputy commanding general, 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
The chief of staff, Air Force announced the following assignments:
Col. Kevin B. Kennedy, who has been selected for the grade of brigadier general, commander, 28th Bomb Wing, Air Combat Command, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, to director, warfighter systems and cyberspace integration, Office of Chief, Information Dominance and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.
Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente, commander, 86th Airlift Wing, U.S. Air Forces Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to vice commander, 18th Air Force, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Sharpy, who has been selected for the grade of major-general, vice commander, 18th Air Force, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, to director, strategic plans, requirements and programs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
Brig. Gen. Jon T. Thomas, deputy director, future joint force development, Joint Staff, Suffolk, Virginia, to commander, 86th Airlift Wing, U.S. Air Forces Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
PHOTO(s) OF THE DAY
SOURCE: Department of Defense /Defense News Lead Photo
U.S. Marines with Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a fast rope exercise as part of amphibious intergration training aboard the USS Green Bay (LPD 20), at sea, March 10, 2015. The Marines and Sailors are currently conducting their Spring Patrol of the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by GySgt Ismael Pena/Released)
150317-N-IU636-581 PEARL HARBOR (March 18, 2015) Sailors don fire protection equipment in preparation of a general shipboard firefighting training evolution at the Surface Warfare Officer’s School (SWOS) on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The training allowed students to practice proper hose handling procedures, fire fighting maneuvers, teamwork and nozzle man relieving procedures. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Johans Chavarro/Released)
Paratroopers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, and the British 16th Air Assault Brigade conduct airborne training at the Advanced Airborne School on Fort Bragg, N.C., March 16, 2015. The 2nd BCT will lead a Combined Joint Operational Access Exercise with the British battle group in April. The exercise represents a major milestone in the Division’s interoperability program to ultimately create the capability to seamlessly integrate a U.K. brigade into the Division, allowing the two units to operate quickly and effectively in the event they were to deploy as a part of a coalition crisis response force. More than 850 British Soldiers began arriving at Fort Bragg on March 9 to prepare for the exercise. (82nd Airborne Division photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull/Released)
Spc. Jacob Ostolaza, a native of New York City, assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, pulls security during a forced-entry parachute assault on Malemute drop zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, as part of a larger tactical field exercise. The Soldiers are part of the Army’s only Pacific airborne brigade with the ability to rapidly deploy worldwide, and are trained to conduct military operations in austere conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)
150320-N-GR655-001 HONG KONG (March 20, 2015) – Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 Golden Falcons personnel scrub the flight deck of the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) as the ship pulls in to Victoria Harbor, March 20, 2015. This goodwill port visit allows the crew to experience cultural exchanges and to enhance the relationship with the people of Hong Kong. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Karsten)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: U.S. Territories (HBO)
SOURCE: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
A set of Supreme Court decisions made over 100 years ago has left U.S. territories without meaningful representation.
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