Career Progressions

Lt. Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, USA, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of general and for assignment as the commanding general, U.S. Army Pacific Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Maj. Gen. James M. Holmes, USAF, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and for assignment as vice commander, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. 

Robert Bendetti has joined Life Cycle Engineering, Charleston, South Carolina, as chief financial officer and senior vice president.

ViaWest, Denver, Colorado, has appointed Bob Newman chief operating officer.

Col. Dirk D. Smith, USAF, has been selected for the rank of brigadier general and assigned as deputy director for operations, Headquarters U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Bruce H. McClintock, USAF, has been assigned senior defense official/defense attaché, Defense Intelligence Agency, Moscow, Russia. 

Pragmatics, Reston, Virginia, has selected Dieter Guenter as group manager of the company’s Transportation Group, Innovative Solutions International. 

Scaled Composites, Falls Church, Virginia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, has named Kevin Mickey president and Cory Bird vice president.

Brig. Gen. Kenneth E. Todorov, USAF, has been assigned as director, Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization, J-8, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 

Paul R. Brubaker has been appointed as director, planning and performance management, Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer, Department of Defense, Arlington, Virginia.