General officer assignments; Department of Defense news release

Defense AT&L, July-August, 2008

The Army chief of staff announces the assignment of the following general officers:

Brig. Gen. James E. Chambers, who has been selected to be promoted to major general, commanding general/commandant, U.S. Army Transportation Center and School, Fort Eustis, Va., to commanding general, U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command and Fort Lee, Fort Lee, Va.

Brig. Gen. James L. Hodge, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Field Support Command, with duty as commanding general, Army Materiel Command Forward-Southwest Asia/G-4, U.S. Army Central, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, to commanding general, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

Brig. Gen. Phillip E. McGhee, director for resource management, Installation Management Command, Arlington, Va., to director of resource management, Third Army/U.S. Army Central, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

Brig. Gen. John W. Peabody, commanding general. U.S. Army Engineer Division, Pacific Ocean, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to commanding general, U.S. Army Engineer Division, Great Lakes and Ohio River, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Brig. Gen. Kevin R. Wendel, commanding general, 20th Support Command (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high yield explosive), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., to director of operational maneuver, Third U.S. Army/U.S. Army Central, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

Col. Brian R. Layer, who has been selected to be promoted to brigadier general, deputy commander/director of operations, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Fort Eustis, Va., to commander/commandant, U.S. Army Transportation Center and School, Fort Eustis, Va.