BG Bob Bray appointed DCG-ARNG at Fort Sill

FA Journal, Nov-Dec, 2004

Chief of FA Major General David P. Valcourt appointed Brigadier General Robert T. Bray as the Deputy Commanding General (DCG)-Army National Guard (ARNG) for the Field Artillery Center, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in a ceremony 29 July 2004.

BG Bray succeeded BG David E. Greer who had held the position for the past three years. BG Greer will continue to serve as the Assistant Adjutant General of the Tennessee Army National Guard.

BG Bray became the DCG after having served as the ARNG Deputy Assistant Commandant (DAC) of the FA School at Fort Sill for the previous 27 months.

He is a member of the South Dakota Army National Guard.

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Transforming the ARNG Field Artillery into the modular force, modernization of the ARNG and readiness to perform wartime missions is the focus for the new DCG.

"I will ensure that the Army National Guard FA will be ready and relevant--regardless of the force structure we end up with," said BG Bray.

Approximately 65 percent of the Army's Field Artillery is in the ARNG today.

"Even after the Army National Guard is restructured to be modular, the preponderance of Redlegs will remain in the Army National Guard," Bray said.