General Officer Assignments

[Airbornelawyer]

This is more in the category of The Late Bird, but doesn't seem to have been posted previously (unless I missed it).


IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1164-06
November 16, 2006

General Officer Assignments


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

Maj. Gen. Gary L. Harrell, deputy chief of staff for Operations/Commander, Allied Joint Force Command - Brunssum Deployable Joint Task Force, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Response Force, Belguim [sic] to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Colonel (Promotable) Hector E. Pagan, deputy director, Operations Support Group, Center for Special Operations, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida to deputy commander, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

http://www.defenselink.mil/Utility/PrintItem.aspx?print=http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=10191

[x SF med]

Damn, I knew MG Harrell when he was a lowly CPT at B/2/10.

[The Reaper]

Well, they had to find someone to work at USASOC who could spell SF.:rolleyes:

Pagan was in my OBC, we were in 7th Group together twice, and he is a good man. Proud to call him a friend. He will do well in SWCS.

TR

[x SF med]

Ouch, that stung, Sir. It may even leave a mark. And how did you know then-CPT Harrell was one of the grammar police?

[Matta mile]

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with MG Harrell via email a few months ago.
He was enjoying what he called their "European vacation" and didn't have much to say at the time regading coming back into the community.
He was my Co Cdr in the 82d for a short while, sold me a wrist watch he didn't need ...said he wanted to get the wife a nice B-day present. The watch flooded with water after less than a week..... Yes, he made good on it.
MM

[Soft Target]

Congratulations, Gary; the Army is finally making some good decisions. Did you know your ole dive buddy (KH) has his second star (probably because he didn't branch to SF). If you see this give me a PM for old time sake. Dave