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Stars and Stripes January 15, 2010 U.S. Army Africa adds two general officers By Kent Harris VICENZA, Italy: As a sign of its ongoing transformation, U.S. Army Africa has added two more general officers to its ranks. Brig. Gen. David Elmo and Brig. Gen. Isaac Osborne will be introduced to the community in a ceremony next week. Both will serve as deputies to Maj. Gen. William Garrett — whose position as commander has been the only general-officer slot assigned to Caserma Ederle. .... As a part of U.S. Army Europe, the Southern European Task Force sometimes took on the role of a division-size headquarters and was assigned additional personnel. It received two additional general officers during its stint as the headquarters element for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in 2005-2006, for instance. Additional personnel from other services were also attached during its stint leading operations off the coast of Liberia in 2003. Now that the organization has transformed into an Army Service Component Command for U.S. Africa Command, the Army is supplying additional personnel — mostly civilians — to help take on various missions, according De Oliveira. Much of the personnel arriving in Vicenza over the next several years will be civilians assigned to administrative and support duties, De Oliveira said. About 100 active-duty personnel should arrive in the same time frame, bringing the number of personnel assigned to the organization to about 700.... Some soldiers and civilians based in Vicenza do travel to African countries to take on missions, such as training African militaries, participating in joint exercises or building relationships with their African counterparts. But many stay in Vicenza and plan such missions or coordinate them for troops based in the States who are assigned to carry them out. De Oliveira said that at least 70 percent of soldiers serving various roles in Africa on any given day are members of the U.S. Army Reserve or National Guard. .... =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected] or [email protected] Daily digest option available. ==============================
