News Call Conflicts Escalate in Eastern Afghanistan Battles between coalition troops include providing a layered defense Iraq 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 Fort Bragg, 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, Texas, 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 Fort Hood, 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 Fort Riley, 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.