NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense<br /><br />No. 133-03<br />(703)697-5131(media)<br />IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br />March 21, 2003<br />(703)428-0711(public/industry)<br /><br />GENERAL OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS<br /><br />The Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Eric K. Shinseki announces the<br />assignment of the following officers:<br /><br />MAJOR GENERAL<br /><br />Maj. Gen. Darrel R. Porr, commanding general and commandant,<br />U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Fort Sam<br />Houston, Texas, to deputy director for Medical Readiness, J-4,<br />The Joint Staff, Washington, D.C., with a report date to be<br />determined.<br /><br />BRIGADIER GENERAL<br /><br />Brig. Gen. C. William Fox, Jr., commanding general, 44th Medical<br />Command and Corps Surgeon, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg,<br />N.C., to commanding general, Brooke Army Medical Center and<br />Great Plains Regional Medical Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas,<br />with a report date to be determined.<br /><br />Brig. Gen. Daniel F. Perugini, commanding general, Brooke Army<br />Medical Center and Great Plains Regional Medical Command, Fort<br />Sam Houston, Texas, to commanding general and commandant, U.S.<br />Army Medical Department Center and School, Fort Sam Houston,<br />Texas, with a report date to be determined.<br /><br />Brig. Gen. Michael H. Sumrall, Army National Guard, assistant<br />adjutant general, State of Alabama, Montgomery, Ala., to deputy<br />director, J-4/7, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base,<br />Fla., with a report date to be determined.<br /><br />Brig. Gen. Richard L. Ursone, assistant surgeon general for<br />Force Development and Sustainment and chief, Medical Service<br />Corps, U.S. Army Medical Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to<br />assistant surgeon general for Force Projection, Washington,<br />D.C., with a report date to be determined.<br /><br />Brig. Gen. George W. Weightman, assistant surgeon general for<br />Force Projection and deputy commanding general (Professional<br />Officer Filler System), 3d Medical Command, Combined Forces Land<br />Component Command Surgeon, with duty at Camp Doha, Kuwait, to<br />commanding general, 44th Medical Command and Corps Surgeon,<br />XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C., with a report date to be<br />determined.<br /><br />[Web version: ]http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/b03212003_bt133-03.html]<br /><br />-- News Releases: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/releases.html<br />-- DoD News: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnews.html<br />-- Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnews.html#e-mail<br />-- Today in DoD: http://www.defenselink.mil/today