Rear Adm. Dell D. Bull, USN, will be assigned as deputy director, operations and intelligence integration, Joint Improvised–Threat Defeat Organization, Reston, Virginia.
Career Progressions
Rear Adm. Paul T. Druggan will be assigned as program director, Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense, Missile Defense Agency, Dahlgren, Virginia.
Col. Joel L. Carey, USAF, has been selected for the grade of brigadier general and assigned as commanding general, Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air; and commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Brig. Gen. Phillip A. Stewart, USAF, has been assigned as commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Alliance Ground Surveillance Force, Allied Command Operations, NATO, Sigonella, Italy.
Brig. Gen. Michael J. Schmidt, USAF, has been assigned as program executive officer for command, control, communications, intelligence and networks, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition), Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts.
Rear Adm. Johnny R. Wolfe Jr., USN, has been nominated for appointment to the grade of vice admiral and assignment as director for strategic systems programs, Washington Navy Yard, D.C.
Vice Adm. Matthew J. Kohler, USN, has been nominated for assignment as deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare, N2/N6, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; and director of naval intelligence, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.
Rear Adm. Sara A. Joyner, USN, will be assigned as director, J-1, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.
Col. Heath A. Collins, USAF, has been selected for the grade of brigadier general and assigned as program executive officer for fighters and bombers, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Brig. Gen. David R. Iverson, USAF, has been assigned as commander, 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Southwest Asia.
Col. Matthew W. Davidson, USAF, has been selected for the grade of brigadier general and assigned as vice commander, 14th Air Force (Air Force Strategic), Air Force Space Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Brig. Gen. Chad P. Franks, vice commander, USAF, has been assigned as deputy commander, operations and intelligence, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, U.S. Central Command, and commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force-Levant, Air Combat Command, Southwest Asia.
Rear Adm. John B. Skillman, USN, will be assigned as commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 2, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Rear Adm. Daniel H. Fillion, USN, will be assigned as director, Manpower Account Transition Office, Washington, D.C.
Maj. Gen. Burke “Ed” Wilson, USAF (Ret.), has been selected for appointment to the Senior Executive Service and for assignment as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy.
Alexis Lasselle Ross has been selected for appointment to the Senior Executive Service and for assignment as the deputy assistant secretary of the Army for strategy and acquisition reform.
Col. Pamela Powers, USAF (Ret.), has been selected for appointment to the Senior Executive Service and for assignment as the senior adviser to the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
Charles J. Ball has been selected for appointment to the Senior Executive Service and for assignment as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for threat reduction and arms control.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has named Dwight Deneal director of small business and industry liaison for the U.S. Coast Guard.