Brig Gen Richard A. Coe, Class of 2002, deputy commanding general-air, Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command-Iraq; director, Joint Air Component Coordination Element-Iraq has been assigned as Combined Joint Task Force-Operations Inherent Resolve; and vice commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force-Levant, Southwest Asia, to inspector general, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA.
Maj Gen Jay B. Silveria, Class of 2005, commander, US Air Force Warfare Center, Air Combat Command, Nellis Air Force Base, NV, has been assigned as deputy commander, US Air Forces Central Command; and deputy, Combined Forces Air Component Commander, US Central Command, Southwest Asia.
BG Vincent K. Becklund, military assistant to the commander, NATO Special Operations Headquasrters, Supreme Allied Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Belgium, has been assigned as deputy director, operations, Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq, US Central Command, Southwest Asia.
BG Ronald J. Place, assistant surgeon general for quality and safety (Provisional), Office of the Surgeon General; and deputy chief of staff, quality and safety (Provisional), US Army Medical Command, Washington DC, has been nominated as commanding general, Regional Health Command - Atlantic (Provisional), Fort Belvoir, VA.
Air Force Col Daniel L. Simpson has been nominated for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Simpson is currently serving as commander, National Security Agency/Central Security Service Texas, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, TX.
Air Force Col Michael J. Schmidt has been nominated for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Schmidt is currently serving as the program executive officer for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and special operations forces, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH.