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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1026-08
December 19, 2008

General Officer Assignments

The Army chief of staff announces the assignment of the following general officers:
 
Brig. Gen. Robert B. Abrams, deputy commanding general, Combined Arms Center for Training, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. to, commanding general, National Training Center and Fort Irwin, Fort Irwin, Calif.
 
Brig. Gen. Gregory E. Couch, U.S. Army Reserve, commander (troop program unit), 316th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Coraopolis, Pa., to director, operations and plans, TCJ-3 (individual mobilization augmentee), U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill..
 
Brig. Gen. Dana J. H. Pittard, commanding general, National Training Center and Fort Irwin, Fort Irwin, Calif., to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Va.