COL(P) Ed Reeder

[Warrior-Mentor]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 014-09
January 08, 2009

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General Officer Assignments

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

Col. Edward M. Reeder Jr., who has been selected for the rank of brigadier general, executive officer to the commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla, to commander, Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command - Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan.

[The Reaper]

Good man.

Looks like white SF may be getting a proven leader to pull things together and fight for us in the Box.

TR

[JJ_BPK]

Congratulations,, BG Reeder,, :lifter:D:lifter:D

[Peregrino]

He's on my (very) short list of guys I'd put a uniform back on to serve with again.

[abc_123]

Good guy to work for in the box.

[bailaviborita]

Any word on if that CFSOCC will control all SOF, or just CJSOTF?

Yes, good pick.

[kgoerz]

I had to interact with COL. Reeder during the Chariot 51 Crash investigation in Afghanistan. He was BN Commander then. Nothing less then complete Professionalism from him and his staff.

[SF_BHT]

Great guy could not selected a better guy. Congrads

[elviejo99]

Best Commander I ever had. At 65 I would still put the uniform back on to serve with him. I first meet him as a young CPT and knew that one day he would make BG.

[Box]

great to see him as a BG select...

[Stras]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 265-10
April 05, 2010


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General Officer Assignments

The chief of staff, Army announced today the following assignments:

Maj. Gen. Rodney O. Anderson, director of force management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to deputy commanding general, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Maj. Gen. Phillip E. McGhee, director of resource management, Third Army/U.S. Army Central, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. to director for Army budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), Washington, D.C.

Maj. Gen. James M. Milano, commanding general, U.S. Army Armor Center and Fort Knox/commandant, U.S. Army Armor School, Fort Knox, Ky. to commanding general, U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Center of Excellence and Fort Jackson, Fort Jackson, S.C.

Maj. Gen. Keith L. Thurgood, U.S. Army Reserve, commanding general, Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Dallas, Texas, to deputy chief, Army Reserve (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of the Chief, Army Reserve, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Sean B. MacFarland, commander, Joint Task Force North, U.S. Northern Command, Fort Bliss, Texas, to deputy commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

Brig. Gen. John M. Murray, deputy commanding general (maneuver), 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, to director, Joint Center for Operational Analysis-Lessons Learned, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Suffolk, Va.

Brig. Gen. Mark W. Perrin, assistant chief of staff, J-2, U.S. Forces Korea/deputy C-2, Combined Forces Command/deputy U-2, U.N. Command, Korea, to director, J-2, U.S. Forces-Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq.

Brig. Gen. Edward M. Reeder Jr., commander, Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command - Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, to commanding general, U.S. Army Special Forces Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.

Brig. Gen. Kelly J. Thomas, deputy commanding general/assistant commandant, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, Fort Rucker, Ala., to assistant division commander, 2d Infantry Division, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea.

[Peregrino]

We've been discussing this at work for a while now. Nice to see the rumor confirmed in writing. Life will be interesting for everybody! :D

[mffjm]

Starting with when I first met him when we were going through SFQC, class 2-87. Being an 18E, I'd like to think I helped him pass the course by not losing the crypto! Worked for him again when he was 2/3rd SFG(A) Cdr in Afghanistan in 2003 and when he was CJSOTF-A Cdr in Afghanistan in 2006. I've attached our class photo with Ed Reeder, Hector Pagan, and myself circled. Good times.
Dave

[Mischief65]

First met Gen. Reeder in Wardak, Afghanistan doing a PSD. Got in a firefight picking him up and dropping him off. When we told him, he said,"Right on". Anyways, met him again at the funeral of my good friend SSG Kyle Warren. Just want to say I think he is a great guy and good leadership for the future of SF.

[Roguish Lawyer]

I had the honor of meeting him a couple of weeks ago. Made a hell of an impression on me.

[Hacksaw]

An actual SF officer made BG, finally the ODA's will be represnted by someone that knows what they (teams) are suppose to do and is competent.

[greenberetTFS]

Really don't know the man,but from what I've read and what you guys have posted sounds like the SF got the right guy when they really need him..........;)

Big Teddy :munchin

[Surf n Turf]

I have NO idea why this is dated July 16, 2008, but 10% of the BG selection is Impressive :)

SnT

Special Forces leaders being promoted
Rob Hains
American Thinker – July 16, 2008

Here are the president's nominees for Brigadier General. Please note that four out 40 (10%) of these are Special Forces officers, which is a much higher than normal proportion.

Army Col. Paul J. Lacamera for promotion to the grade of brigadier general. He is currently serving at U.S. Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Army Col. Austin S. Miller for promotion to the grade of brigadier general. He is currently serving as deputy director for Special Operations, J-37, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.

Army Col. Edward M. Reeder Jr. for promotion to the grade of brigadier general. He is currently serving as executive officer to the commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.

Army Col. Kenneth E. Tovo for promotion to the grade of brigadier general. He is currently serving as deputy commander, Special Operations Command Europe, U.S. European Command, Germany.

I would keep a close eye on Tovo. He was an outstanding 10th SFG(A) commander and will almost certainly be moving up to very near the top of the ladder in the future.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/07/special_forces_leaders_being_p_1.html

[The Reaper]

What do those four have in common?

TR

[Roguish Lawyer]

What do those four have in common?

TR

My google-fu is weak today.

GEN LaCamera appears to be a Ranger, not SF, based on the bio I found.

[Roguish Lawyer]

What do those four have in common?

TR

Inquiring minds want to know!