Secretary of Defense William J. Perry announced today that
the President has nominated Major General Joe N. Ballard, United
States Army, for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general
and assignment as chief of engineers and commanding general,
United States Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C.
Since
July 1995, he has served as the chief of staff, United States
Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Va.
Ballard was born on March 27, 1942, in Meeker, La.
