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In the News (Fri 17 Feb 12)

  
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On 10 January 1946, Major General Ernest N. Harmon, distinguished wartime commander of the 1st and 2d Armored Divisions, and the XXII Corps, was appointed Commanding General of the United States Constabulary.
The primary unit of the Constabulary, the troop, was organized on the pattern of the mechanized cavalry troop used in the war.
The mission of the United States Constabulary is to maintain general military and civil security, to assist in the accomplishment of the objectives of the United States government in Germany, and to control the borders of the United States Zone.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/reference/cstb46.htm   (5204 words)

  
 Commanding General of the United States Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prior to the institution of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army in 1903, there was generally a single senior-most officer in the army.
From 1783, he was known simply as the Senior Officer of the United States Army, but in 1821, the title was changed to the more impressive Commanding General of the United States Army.
The position was abolished with the creation of the general staff in 1903.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commanding_General_of_the_United_States_Army   (211 words)

  
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General Styer's order for the appointment of the commission was made by him as Commander of the United States Armed Forces, Western Pacific.
His command includes, as part *10 of a vastly greater area, the Philippine Islands, where the alleged offenses were committed, where petitioner surrender as a prisoner of war, and where, at the time of the order convening the commission, he was detained as a prisoner in custody of the United States Army.
From October 9, 1944, to September 2, 1945, the petitioner was the Commanding General of the 14th Army Group of the Imperial Japanese Army, with headquarters in the Philippines.
anthonydamato.law.northwestern.edu /WWII/Yamashita-supct.doc   (13250 words)

  
 Chief of Staff of the United States Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Chief of Staff of the United States Army (CSA) is the professional head of the United States Army who is responsible for insuring readiness of the Army.
He is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and is the chief military adviser to the President of the United States on Army matters.
Prior to 1903, the military head of the Army was the Commanding General of the United States Army.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Army_Chief_of_Staff   (479 words)

  
 James Karrick Woolnough, General, United States Army
General Woolnough spent 18 years in the Pentagon serving as Chief of Staff of the NATO Standing Group, Director of Plans for the US Army General Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Department of the Army.
In this capacity he was responsible for the command and control of all active and reserve forces in the Six Armies of the Continental United States from 1967-1970.
General Woolnough will be remembered as a "soldier's soldier" for he held the highest respect and admiration for soldiers of all ranks and dedicated his life to their support and well-being.
www.arlingtoncemetery.net /jkwoolnough.htm   (895 words)

  
 U.S. Army NATO, Commanding General   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
General David D. McKiernan entered the Army in 1972, receiving an ROTC commission from the College of William and Mary.
General McKiernan was next assigned to the 1st Infantry Division in November 1997 where he served as the Assistant Division Commander (Maneuver) until August 1998.
In his most recent assignment, General David D. McKiernan was the Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff for United States Army Forces Command the largest major command in the United States Army.
www.usanato.army.mil /html/CG.html   (416 words)

  
 Major General Toney Stricklin
General Stricklin was initially assigned to the 23d Infantry Division in Vietnam as a Forward Observer for an Infantry Company, Fire Direction Officer, and Executive Officer, Battery A, 3d Battalion, 16th Field Artillery.
In 1980, General Stricklin was assigned to the 1st Armored Division Artillery in Zirndorf, Federal Republic of Germany.
Following brigade command, he was Director of Combat Developments, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, and subsequently served as the Executive Officer for the Deputy Commanding General, US Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia.
sill-www.army.mil /text/pao/major_general_toney_stricklin.htm   (502 words)

  
 CG Biography
General Wallace assumed the duties of Commander, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command on October 13, 2005, after serving as the Commanding General, United States Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth.
General Wallace’s first assignment was as a platoon leader and troop executive officer in the 2nd Squadron, 6th Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Meade.
General Wallace attended both the Armor Officer Basic and Advanced Courses; the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey; the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth; and the United States Naval War College in Newport.
www.tradoc.army.mil /Bio.htm   (444 words)

  
 Third United States Army   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
General Jenes was born in Portland, Oregon on 21 February 1930.
A 1951 enlistee into the Army and a 1953 graduate of Officer Candidate School, General Jenes was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry in 1953.
He served as Deputy Commander, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and as Commanding General of Fort Carson and the 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.
www.arcent.army.mil /history/com_bios/cg_tgjenes.html   (231 words)

  
 U.S. General awarded German Knight Commander´s Cross of the Order of Merit
General John N. Abrams, Commanding General of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, was awarded the Knight Commander´s Cross (Badge and Star) of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by German Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger on Wednesday.
He served as Commander of the 11th Cavalry Regiment in Fulda, Germany, from 1988 to 1990 and as Commanding General of the German-American V Corps in Heidelberg, Germany, from 1995 to 1997.
General Abrams was a military science instructor at the United States Military Acadaemy at West Point, Army Staff Officer in War Plans and Deputy Director of the Operations Directorate in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff of Operations and Plans.
www.germany-info.org /relaunch/info/new/orden.html   (304 words)

  
 The Avalon Project : Second Instrument of Surrender Document
Acting by command of and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan, the Japanese Imperial Government and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, We hereby surrender unconditionally to the Commanding General, United States Army Forces, Western Pacific, all Japanese and Japanese-controlled armed forces, air, sea, ground and auxiliary, in the Philippine Islands.
We hereby command all Japanese forces wherever situated in the Philippine Islands to cease hostilities forthwith, to preserve and save from damage all ships, aircraft, and military and civil property, and to comply with all requirements which may be imposed by the Commanding General, United States Army Forces, Western Pacific, or his authorized representatives.
We hereby direct the commanders of all Japanese forces in the Philippine Islands to issue at once to all forces under their command to surrender unconditionally themselves and all forces under their control, as prisoners of war, to the nearest United States Force Commander.
www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/wwii/j6.htm   (387 words)

  
 University of Mobile - Headlines
General Foley has a Master of Business Administration Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and has held numerous command and staff positions throughout 37 years of active service.Foley's command positions include company command with the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam and battalion and brigade command with the 3rd Infantry Division in Germany.
Mark is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and a Captain in the Air Force assigned as a Talon-II pilot with Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida.
David is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and a Captain in the Army assigned to the Third Infantry Regiment at Fort Myer, Virginia.
www.umobile.edu /main/headlines/4-21Grad.asp   (228 words)

  
 Interview with Major General William H. Russ - - Military Information Technology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Previously he was the commanding general of the United States Army Signal Command of Fort Huachuca, AZ, and the director for programs and architecture, Office of the Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications and Computers, in Washington, DC.
A: CECOM is an active participant in the Army’s reduction of the total IT footprint, such as servers, reducing the cost of ownership of the IT infrastructure for the Army, while at the same time building a more robust and responsive system.
We’re using education workshops to generate awareness; Web-based navigational instruction to prepare the workforce for training, concepts and terms; instruction sessions to familiarize the workforce with the new terminologies and concepts; and integrated scenario workshops to instruct the workforce on the new and re-engineered business processes.
www.military-information-technology.com /article.cfm?DocID=49   (3630 words)

  
 United States Army Reserve | Helmly Message Transcript   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Army Reserve Soldiers are increasingly called upon to help carry the weight of fighting and winning our nation's wars.
The purpose of the Army Reserve is to provide Soldiers and units to assist the United States Army when we are called.
Having more of the right kinds of units, means we don't have to keep going back to the same Soldiers, their units and their families over and over.
www.armyreserve.army.mil /usar/families/helmly_text.aspx   (1426 words)

  
 USARPAC News - Bilateral exercise improves Japan, US warfighting capabilities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Elbert Perkins (center), United States Army Japan commanding general, join in a handshake to signify bilateral unification during Sunday's opening ceremony for Yama Sakura 45 at Camp Asaka, Japan.
The bilateral Command Post Exercise, sponsored by the United States Army Japan and the Japan Ground Staff Office, is intended to improve combat readiness of both militaries while enhancing security relations and demonstrating U.S. resolve to support the security and interests of allies in the region.
While Japan realistically may not be up in arms with another country at the moment, they are working hand in hand with the United States to ensure their military forces could tackle arising issues should imminent danger pose a threat to the nation at large.
www.usarpac.army.mil /news/releases_2004/ys_45.asp   (930 words)

  
 ATEC : U.S Army Test and Evaluation Command
Major General Myles' battalion command came with the 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; followed by a return assignment to the 160th SOAR(A) as the Regimental Deputy Commander.
He was selected to command the 17th Aviation Brigade in Yongsan, Korea and completed a follow-on assignment as the Eighth Army Chief of Staff.
He is presently the Commanding General of the United States Army Test and Evaluation Command.
www.atec.army.mil /leaders.htm   (702 words)

  
 Harvey Herman Fischer, Lieutenant General, United States Army
General Fischer was born in Dunsmuir, California, August 16, 1910.
He graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, on June 10, 1932 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry.
General Fischer is survived by his three daughters, Sue Shields and her husband Frank of Lake Wylie, South Carolina; Ann Karrer and her husband Donald of Sanford, North Carolina; and Katina Young and her husband Edgar of Wilmington, Delaware.
www.arlingtoncemetery.net /hhfischer.htm   (330 words)

  
 GEN Reimer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
General Dennis J. Reimer became the 33rd Chief of Staff, U.S. Army on June 20, 1995.
His commands include an infantry company at Fort Benning, Georgia, an artillery battalion at Fort Carson, Colorado, the division artillery for the 8th Infantry Division in Germany, the corps artillery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson.
General Reimer's awards for peacetime and combat service include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Service Medal, two Legions of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, six awards of the Bronze Star Medal (one with "V" device for valor), the Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantryman Badge.
www.nationalveteransday.org /HONOREES/reimer.htm   (379 words)

  
 Major General - Russel L. Honore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Lieutenant General Honoré is a native of Lakeland, Louisiana.
General Honoré was the Commanding General, 2d Infantry Division, Korea; Vice Director for Operations, J-3, The Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.; Deputy Commanding General/Assistant Commandant, United States Army Infantry Center and School, Fort Benning, Georgia; and the Assistant Division Commander, Maneuver/Support, 1st Calvary Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
While serving as the Commanding General First U.S. Army, General Honoré recently commanded Joint Task Force - Katrina, leading the Department of Defense response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
www.first.army.mil /CommandInfo/Bio/lgbiorh.htm   (243 words)

  
 United States Military Academy at West Point   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
He commanded the 5th Battalion, 29th Field Artillery in the 4th Infantry Division and the Division Artillery in the 24th Infantry Division.
General Lennox has also served in a number of staff positions including White House Fellow, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army, and Executive Officer for the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans.
He served as Deputy Commanding General and Assistant Commandant of the U.S. Army Field Artillery Center; Chief of Staff for III Corps and Fort Hood; Assistant Chief of Staff, CJ-3, Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea and Deputy Commanding General, Eighth United States Army; and, most recently, Chief of Legislative Liaison.
www.usma.edu /Superintendent/bio.asp   (611 words)

  
 Major General Michael D. Maples
Major General Maples became the Commanding General of the United States Army Field Artillery Center and Fort Sill on 23 August 2001.
Prior to assuming his present duties, Major General Maples served at Headquarters, Department of the Army as the Director of Operations, Readiness and Mobilization, and the Director of Military Support in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans.
Major General Maples commanded the 41st Field Artillery Brigade, Babenhausen, Germany; the 6th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery (MLRS) at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and Desert Shield/Desert Storm; and B Battery, 6th Battalion, 37th Field Artillery (155 T), 2d Infantry Division, Republic of Korea.
sill-www.army.mil /pao/MG_Maples.HTM   (365 words)

  
 Army Bullets
A former Command Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army Reserve Command was involved in a tragic vehicle accident on Sunday, May 18th while driving his motor home in Louisiana.
The IOC evaluation is the one of the last steps necessary for Fort Lewis, Washington's 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division to be declared fit to join the ranks of Army units ready to deploy across the globe whenever and wherever needed.
Edward Soriano, 1st Corps and Fort Lewis commanding general -- higher headquarters for 2nd ID. "It is about training today's junior leaders who will be the Army's future battalion, brigade and division or higher commanders; it's about transforming doctrine.
www.dix.army.mil /PAO/post03/post053003/bullets.htm   (668 words)

  
 TESTIMONY OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL LARRY J. DODGEN UNITED STATES ARMY COMMANDING GENERAL
The Army considers it a privilege to be counted in the ranks with Mr.
In short, the Army and the ballistic missile defense community are continuing to improve the ability to intercept and destroy air, theater, and cruise missile threats.
Chairman, the Army is Relevant and Ready, fighting the war on terrorism, deployed in Southwest Asia and elsewhere, and deterring aggression throughout the world while transforming to meet future threats.
globalsecurity.org /space/library/congress/2004_h/04-03-25ldodgen.htm   (2024 words)

  
 Field hospital takes medical care on the road
More than 100 soldiers from the unit were on the ground to conduct basic combat skills training, as well as setup their new hospital on post.
During the weekend, other medical professionals from the hospital unit not deploying arrived to assist deploying soldiers who were required to perform their weapons qualifications.
Helmly explained Salomon, an Army Reserve soldier served as the battalion surgeon for the 2nd Battalion, 105th Infantry Regiment on Saipan, an island in the Pacific Marianas group, in summer 1944.
www.dix.army.mil /PAO/Post02/post051702/field_hospital_takes_medical_car.htm   (998 words)

  
 Statement of Sen. Chafee, Sept. 23, 1999
Major General Anderson is currently serving as the Commanding General of the United States Army Engineer Division, Mississippi Valley, in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
He has also served as the Commanding General of the United States Support Group in Haiti as well as the Deputy Commanding General for the United States forces in Haiti from June to November 1995.
Prior to that time, he was the Commander of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, in Mobile, Alabama and commanded the 864th Engineer Battalion, which included service in Operation Desert Storm.
epw.senate.gov /107th/cha_9-23.htm   (802 words)

  
 US Field Artillery Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Commanding General may approve, disapprove or downgrade the nomination to the Honorable Order as he deems appropriate.
Such commanders may approve the award for those in or associated with their commands.
When there is no such Field Artillery commander available, the Commanding General of the United States Army Field Artillery Center and Fort Sill is the approving authority for the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara.
usfaa.com /awards   (656 words)

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