News Call Conflicts Escalate in Eastern Afghanistan Battles between coalition troops include providing a layered defense Drawdown. Progress is evident and insurgents increased with the on- that inhibits insurgent movement from in Iraq, commanders there said in late set of the spring fighting season in the border west toward Kabul and im- March, but there is still much work to Afghanistan. This month, the 1st Cav- proving the capabilities of Afghan se- do before December 31, the date at alry Division, led by MG Daniel B. Al- curity forces. which Operation New Dawn is sched- lyn, assumes command of Regional To prepare for the U.S. withdrawal uled to end. In a video teleconference, Command-East (RC-E) from the 101st beginning in July and scheduled to LTG Frank Helmick, commanding Airborne Division (Air Assault), led end by late 2014, in March Afghan general of XVIII Airborne Corps and by MG John F. Campbell. President Hamid Karzai announced , N.C., serving as deputy RC-E, which shares some 450 miles the first seven areas to make the tran- commanding general for operations of border with Pakistan and includes 14 sition to Afghan control. Among them of U.S. Forces-Iraq, told reporters that provinces in remote and mountainous is Kabul Province, except for the the U.S. military withdrawal from the eastern Afghanistan, has seen some of Sarobi district, which borders RC-E. country is “incredibly complex.” U.S. the fiercest fighting of Operation En- Afghan security forces will also take Forces-Iraq spokesman MG Jeffrey during Freedom. As insurgents esca- control in Bamiyan and Panjshir Buchanan said that he has seen Iraqi lated conflicts there in early spring, the Provinces and four provincial capital security forces make great progress, 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 101st cities, including Lashkar Gah in the but that “we have a lot left to do.” lost six members in one day in a March southern Helmand Province. The first Of approximately 50,000 U.S. troops battle in Kunar Province. MG Camp- U.S. troops to leave will be noncombat remaining in Iraq, some 26,000 are ad- bell told the Fort Campbell Courier that troops such as engineers and support vising Iraqis and 24,000 are working in 117 members of the 101st have died in troops, and commanders are expected aviation, logistics, and medical and Afghanistan since March 2010, and that to shift troops from safer areas within special operations. In the remaining he expects the eastern region of Af- contentious provinces such as Hel- months leading up to the withdrawal ghanistan will be one of the last to mand and Kandahar to focus on more and transition to a civilian-led opera- transfer to Afghan security forces. In violent ones. An assessment of priori- tion, U.S. forces will continue to focus addition to building on the clearing ac- ties and troop numbers is ongoing, on training Iraqi security forces, but complished by the 101st, MG Allyn’s and commanders are expected to ar- “December 31 is not an end point,” said objectives for the 1st Cavalry Division rive at several withdrawal options. LTG Helmick. “It’s a transition point.”

U.S. Army soldiers visit an Afghan police check- point to build further co- operation in Pul-E Khumri in northeastern Afghanistan in March. The soldiers are as- signed to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 18th In- fantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Com- bat Team. DoD/PO2 Jason Johnston, U.S. Navy

May 2011 I ARMY 9 GENERAL OFFICER CHANGES*

*Assignments to general officer slots announced by the General Officer Management Office, Depart- GEN R.W. Cone GEN D.M. Rodri- LTG T.P. Bostick LTG D.M. Camp- ment of the Army. Some officers are listed at the from CG, III guez from Cmdr., from Dep. CoS, bell Jr. from CG, grade to which they are nominated, promotable or Corps and Fort IJC/Dep. Cmdr., G-1, Washington, USAREC, Fort eligible to be frocked. The reporting dates for some Hood, , to USF-A, OEF, Af- D.C., to Chief of Knox, Ky., to CG, officers may not yet be determined. CG, TRADOC, ghanistan, to CG, Engineers/CG, III Corps and Fort Fort Monroe, Va. FORSCOM, Fort USACE, Wash- Hood. McPherson, Ga. ington, D.C.

MG J.C. Boozer MG K.R. Horst MG M.S. Lin- MG R.C. Longo MG P.E. Mc- MG M.T. Wong Sr. from Dir. of from CG, nington from from Dep. CoS, Quistion from from CG, WBAMC/ Ops., OACS, In- MDW/Cmdr., Dep. CoS, Plans Ops. and Train- CG, 21st TSC, Dep. CG for Read- stallation Mgmt., JFH-NCR, Wash- and Projects, IJC, ing, TRADOC, USAREUR and iness, WRMC/ Washington, D.C., ington, D.C., to OEF, Afghanistan, Fort Monroe, to Seventh Army, Chief, Dental to Dep. CG/CoS, CoS, CENTCOM, to CG, MDW/ Dep. CG, IMT, Germany, to CG, Corps, El Paso, USAREUR and MacDill AFB, Fla. Cmdr., JFH-NCR, TRADOC, Fort ASC, Rock Is- Texas, to CG, Seventh Army, Washington, D.C. Monroe. land, Ill. BAMC/SRMC/ Germany. Chief, Dental Corps, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Brigadier Generals: (P) R.B. Abrams from CG, NTC and Fort Irwin, Calif., to CG, 3rd Infantry Division (M), Fort Stewart, Ga.; T.E. Ayres from Asst. JAG for Mili- tary Law and Ops., Rosslyn, Va., to Cmdr./Cmdt., TJAGLCS, Charlottesville, Va.; J. Caravalho Jr. from CG, BAMC/SRMC, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to CG, WRAMC/NARMC, Washington, D.C.; D.C. Coburn from Dir. for Management and Control, ASA for FM&C, Washington, D.C., to Dir., Ops. and Spt., OASA (FM&C), Washington, D.C.; N.V. Coots, Cmdr., WRAMC/NARMC, Washington, D.C.; S.A. Davidson from Dir. for Strategy and Integration, ODCS, G-4, Washing- ton, D.C., to Dep. Cmdr./Dir. of Ops., SDDC, Scott AFB, Ill.; E.F. Dorman III from CG/Cmdt., U.S. Army Transportation School, Fort Lee, Va., to Dep. CoS, Logis- tics, C/J-4, ISAF, OEF, Afghanistan; D.D. Doyle, Cmdr., 30th Medical Cmd., USAREUR and Seventh Army, Germany; J.P. Disalvo from CoS, III Corps and , to Dep. CG, III Corps and Fort Hood; K.E. Dyson from Dir., Ops. and Spt., OASA (FM&C), Washington, D.C., to Dir., Business Ops., OBT, OSA, Washing- ton, D.C.; P.E. Funk II from Dep. CG, CAC for Training, TRADOC, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to Dep. CG, 1st Infantry Division and , Kan.; R.D. Gibbs from Dep. CG (M), 1st Infantry Division/Dep. CG (M), USD-S, OND, Iraq, to Dep. CG, V Corps, USAREUR and Seventh Army; A.N. Gordon-Bray, Dir., G-3/5/7, HQ, IMCOM, Fort Sam Houston, to Dep. Dir., Ops., AFRICOM, Germany; H.J. Greene from Dep. CG, RDECOM/Sr. Cmdr., NSSC, APG, Md., to PEO, Intel., Elec- tronic Warfare and Sensors, Fort Monmouth, N.J.; T.A. Horlander from Dir. for Resource Mgmt., IMCOM, Arlington, Va., to Dir. of Resource Mgmt., Third Army/USARCENT, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait; P.C. Hurley Jr. from Dep. Cmdr./Dir. of Ops., SDDC, Scott AFB, to CG, 19th Sustainment Cmd. (Expeditionary), Eighth U.S. Army, Korea; S.E. Joyce, ARNG, Vice Cmdr., JECC, USJFCOM, Suffolk, Va.; B.C. Lein, Cmd. Surgeon, FORSCOM, Fort McPherson; S.R. Lyons from Dep. CoS, Logistics, C/J-4, ISAF, OEF, to Dir. for Ops. and Logistics Readiness, ODCS, G-4, Washington, D.C.; D.M. MacWillie from CG, OTC, Fort Hood, to Dep. CG, 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley; D.L. Mann from CG, 32nd AAMDC, Fort Bliss, to CG, USAREC, Fort Knox; R.F. Mathews from Cmdt., ADS, FCoE, Fort Sill, Okla., to Dep. CG, USARPAC, Fort Shafter, Hawaii; J.J. McGuiness from Dep. Cmdr. for Programs, CSTC-A, OEF, Afghanistan, to Dep. CG, RDECOM/Sr. Cmdr., NSSC, Natick, Mass.; A.S. Miller from Cmdr., CFSOCC-Afghanistan, OEF, to Dir., Ops., USSOCOM, MacDill AFB; J.W. Miller II from Cmdr./Cmdt., TJAGLCS, to Asst. JAG for Military Law and Ops., Rosslyn, Va.; M.K. Nagata from Dep. Chief, Ops., ODR-P, to Dep. Dir. for Special Ops., J-37, The Jt. Staff, Washington, D.C.; C.M. Nichols from CG, JCC, USF-I, to PEO, Soldier, Fort Belvoir, Va.; A.F. Piggee from Dep. Asst. CoS, C-4/J-4, UNC/CFC/USFK/Dep. CG (Spt.), Eighth U.S. Army, Korea, to CG, 21st TSC, USAREUR and Seventh Army, Germany; C.A. Rauhut from Dir., Business Ops., OBT, OSA, Washington, D.C., to Dir. for Resource Mgmt., IMCOM, Fort Sam Houston; J.G. Rossi from Effects Coordinator, III Corps/J-33, USF-I, OND, to CG, 32nd AAMDC, Fort Bliss; J.G. Smith from CG, 5th Signal Cmd./Dep. CoS, G-6, USAREUR and Seventh Army, to Dep. CG for Proponency, ARCYBER, Fort Belvoir; J.J. Snow from Dir., ITAT-A, USF-I, OND, Iraq, to Dir., J-5, USF-I, OND, Iraq; R.L. Stevens from Executive Officer to the CSA, Washington, D.C., to CG, USACE, Pacific Ocean Div., Fort Shafter; K.S. Story from Dep. CG for Ops., USASMDC/ARSTRAT, Peterson AFB, Colo., to Dir., J-33, USF-I, OND; S.M. Twitty from Spec. Asst. to the Sr. Cmdr., Fort Bliss, to Asst. Div. Cmdr., 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss; P.D. Utley from Dir. of Training, ODCS, G-3/5/7, Washington, D.C., to Dep. CoS, Ops. and Training, TRADOC, Fort Mon- roe; B.G. Watson from Cmdt., USAES/Dep. CG, Concepts, Doctrine and Organizations, MSCoE, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., to Dir., J-7, Engineering, USF-A, Afghanistan; M.E. Williamson from Dep. PEO, Integration, APG, to Jt. PEO, Jt. Tactical Radio Systems, San Diego, Calif; M.W. Yenter from Dir., J-7, Engineering, USF-A, New Kabul Compound, Afghanistan, to Cmdt., USAES/Dep. CG, Concepts, Doctrine and Organizations, MSCoE, Fort Leonard Wood. I AAMDC—Air Missile Defense Cmd.; ADS—U.S. Army Air Defense School; AFRICOM—U.S. Africa Cmd.; APG—Aberdeen Proving Ground; ARCYBER— U.S. Army Cyber Cmd.; ARNG—Army National Guard; ARSTRAT—U.S. Army Forces Strategic Cmd.; ASA—Assistant Secretary of the Army; ASC—U.S. Army Sustainment Cmd.; BAMC—Brooke Army Medical Center; CAC—Combined Arms Center; CENTCOM—U.S. Central Cmd.; CFSOCC—Combined Forces Spe- cial Operations Component Cmd.; CSA—Chief of Staff of the Army; CSTC-A—Combined Security Transition Cmd.—Afghanistan; FCoE—U.S. Army Fires Cen- ter of Excellence; FM&C—Financial Management and Comptroller; FORSCOM—U.S. Forces Command; IJC—International Security Assistance Force Joint Cmd.; IMCOM—Installation Management Cmd.; IMT—Initial Military Training; ISAF—International Security Assistance Force; ITAT-A—Iraq Training and Advi- sory Team-Army; JAG—Judge Advocate General; JCC—Joint Contracting Cmd.; JECC—Joint Enabling Capabilities Cmd.; JFH-NCR—Joint Force Headquar- ters-National Capital Region; MDW—U.S. Army Military District of Washington; MSCoE—U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence; NARMC—North Atlantic Regional Medical Cmd.; NSSC—Natick Soldier System Center; NTC—National Training Center; OACS—Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff; OASA— Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army; OBT—Office of Business Transformation; ODCS—Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff; ODR-P—Office of the De- fense Representative-Pakistan; OEF—Operation Enduring Freedom; OND—Operation New Dawn; OSA—Office of the Secretary of the Army; OTC—U.S. Army Operational Test Cmd.; PEO—Program Executive Officer; RDECOM—U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Cmd.; SDDC—Military Surface De- ployment and Distribution Cmd.; SRMC—Southern Regional Medical Cmd.; TJAGLCS—The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School; TRADOC— U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Cmd.; TSC—Theater Sustainment Cmd.; UNC/CFC/USFK—United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/U.S. Forces Korea; USACE—U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; USAES—U.S. Army Engineering School; USARCENT—U.S. Army Central; USAREC—U.S. Army Re- cruiting Cmd.; USAREUR—U.S. Army Europe; USARPAC—U.S. Army Pacific; USASMDC—U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Cmd.; USD-S—U.S. Divi- sion-South; USF-A—U.S. Forces-Afghanistan; USF-I—U.S. Forces-Iraq; USJFCOM—U.S. Joint Forces Cmd.; USSOCOM—U.S. Special Operations Cmd.; WBAMC—William Beaumont Army Medical Center; WRAMC—Walter Reed Army Medical Center; WRMC—Western Regional Medical Cmd.

10 ARMY I May 2011 After that date, the U.S.-Iraqi partner- ship will continue, MG Buchanan said, COMMAND but “we don’t plan on maintaining U.S. Forces-Iraq after 2011.” A small contin- SERGEANTS gent of military and U.S. Embassy workers will remain in Iraq, as they do CHANGES* CSM R.L. Malloy in other countries in the region, said from 1st Cavalry LTG Helmick. Division, Fort Hood, Texas, to Cmdt., USASMA, New CSA. The Senate confirmed GEN Fort Bliss, Texas. Martin E. Dempsey as the 37th Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA) in March. He succeeds GEN George W. Casey Jr., who retired in April after serving as Chief of Staff since April 2007.

GEN Dempsey was sworn in at a Army U.S. ceremony at Fort Myer, Va., on April 11. GEN Martin E. Dempsey CSM R.D. Stidley CSM E. Watson GEN Dempsey served as command- from 3rd Combat from 1st Brigade Aviation Brigade, Combat Team, ing general of U.S. Army Training and in 1974 and was commissioned as an Hunter Army Air- Fort Stewart/ Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Va., Armor officer. field, Ga., to Com- Hunter, to 3rd bat Readiness and Infantry Division, beginning in December 2008 and, be- In his confirmation hearing before Safety Center, Fort Fort Stewart/ fore that, was the acting commander the Senate Armed Services Committee, Stewart/Hunter, Ga. Hunter. of U.S. Central Command. He com- GEN Dempsey told senators that sol- manded the Multi-National Security diers expect the Army to provide the I USASMA—U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy. Transition Command-Iraq from Au- resources necessary to succeed in cur- *Command sergeants major positions as- gust 2005 to the summer of 2007. GEN rent endeavors and to prepare them signed to general officer commands. Dempsey graduated from the U.S. for future missions. “If you confirm Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., me as the Army’s 37th CSA,” he said,

May 2011 I ARMY 11 for Army Aviation: DoD announced Army Casualties Army Casualty in Iraq the stationing of two combat aviation brigades (CAB), and U.S. Army Spe- In Afghanistan The following U.S. Army soldier cial Operations Aviation Command The following U.S. Army soldiers was reported killed in Operation (ARSOAC) (Provisional) was activated were reported killed in Operation New Dawn in March. His name at Fort Bragg, N.C. Enduring Freedom from March 1 has been released through the The 13th CAB, a new combat avia- to March 31, 2011. All names have Department of Defense; the fam- tion brigade, will be established at Fort been released through the Depart- ily has been notified. Carson, Colo., beginning in fiscal year ment of Defense; families have CPL Brandon S. Hocking, 24 (FY) 2013. The brigade will add ap- been notified. proximately 2,700 new soldiers and 113 PFC Rudy A. Acosta, 19 ing of the new Cadet Command head- helicopters to the 4th Infantry Division SSG Frank E. Adamski III, 26 quarters, a reception and the dedica- at Fort Carson, creating new aviation SFC Ofren Arrechaga, 28 tion of Cadet Park, which will honor training opportunities at the post. The MSG Jamal H. Bowers, 41 all ROTC graduates who died serving Army expects to request five construc- CPL Loren M. Buffalo, 20 the . tion projects in FY 2012 to support the SSG Bryan A. Burgess, 29 The Army established Cadet Com- soldiers and equipment, and stationing PFC David R. Fahey Jr., 23 mand on May 2, 1986, as ROTC grew; is expected to be completed by FY PVT Jeremy P. Faulkner, 23 June 3 marks the 95th anniversary of 2014. PFC Dustin J. Feldhaus, 20 Congress’ establishment of ROTC. The 16th CAB will be split-based SSG Joshua S. Gire, 28 Find more information and RSVP at between Joint Base Lewis-McChord, SGT Kristopher J. Gould, 25 the Cadet Command Web site, www. Wash., where the headquarters will be PFC Andrew M. Harper, 19 rotc.usaac.army.mil/25years.html, or located, and Fort Wainwright, Alaska, SPC Rudolph R. Hizon, 22 call 502-624-3450. its temporary base since 2005. The sta- PFC Kalin C. Johnson, 19 tioning will begin in FY 2012 and is ex- SPC Jameson L. Lindskog, 23 EUCOM Uniform Ban. U.S. European pected to be completed in FY 2014. It PFC Michael C. Mahr, 26 Command has banned all U.S. troops will result in an increase of about 1,400 SSG Chauncy R. Mays, 25 serving in the European theater from new soldiers and 44 helicopters at SSG Mecolus C. McDaniel, 33 wearing their uniforms off post. Lewis-McChord and three additional CPL Donald R. Mickler Jr., 29 The new policy came a few weeks aircraft in Alaska in FY 2013 that will SFC Daehan Park, 36 after two U.S. airmen—in transit to increase medevac capabilities there. PFC Arturo E. Rodriguez, 19 Ramstein Air Base, Germany, before According to the stationing an- SPC Justin D. Ross, 22 deploying to Afghanistan—died after nouncement, the activation of the two SPC Christopher G. Stark, 22 being shot at Frankfurt International CABs will “increase the capabilities of SPC Brian Tabada, 21 Airport. One victim, the driver of the the active component of the U.S. Army SGT Travis M. Tompkins, 31 transit bus, was in uniform, and the and increase dwell time for aviation SSG Eric S. Trueblood, 27 bus bore U.S. government plates. The units between deployments in support SPC Andrew P. Wade, 22 21-year-old Albanian arrested after of overseas contingency operations.” SPC Jason M. Weaver, 22 the incident told police he shot the LTG John Mulholland Jr., com- SSG Mark C. Wells, 31 servicemen “as revenge for the Ameri- manding general of U.S. Army Special can mission in Afghanistan.” Operations Command, presided over “you can be sure I will act to earn [sol- Local commanders will be responsi- a ceremony activating the new avia- diers’] trust every day. I will work to ble for enforcing the directive, but con- tion unit at Fort Bragg. ARSOAC, match their drive, their sacrifice and fusion over the rules exists. In some which will have provisional status for their resolve. And I will partner with areas, for example, base housing and a year, will be led by BG Kevin W. the Congress of the United States of shopping facilities are less than a mile Mangum. The new command is com- America and this committee in partic- apart but are on separate compounds, posed of a nondeployable, resourcing ular, to ensure we remain worthy of so some soldiers question whether a headquarters and four subordinate the title America’s Army.” change of clothes is necessary. As units: 160th Special Operations Avia- ARMY Magazine went to press, U.S. tion Regiment (Airborne), headquar- Cadet Command at 25. Cadet Com- Army Europe advised: “We’ll have the tered at Fort Campbell, Ky.; U.S. mand will celebrate its silver anniver- full official policy when it is released. Army Special Operations Command sary on June 3 at Fort Knox, Ky., and all Until then, soldiers, consult your su- Flight Detachment, Fort Bragg; Sys- U.S. Army Reserve Officers’ Training pervisors and chain of command.” tems Integration Management Office, Corps (ROTC) graduates and their fam- Fort Campbell; and Special Opera- ilies are invited. Army Aviation News. Two develop- tions Aviation Training Battalion, Fort The celebration will include the open- ments in late March heralded changes Campbell. (

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