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AUG 2010

NDU Alumni General James Mattis, USMC takes command at CENTCOM

As Mattis takes helm of CENTCOM, Gates praises his leadership

MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis took the reins of U.S. Central Command on Wednesday evening, capping a major shakeup in military leadership that began with the publication of a sensational Rolling Stone article in June and the ensuing resignation of the Afghanistan war’s top commander. Mattis succeeds Gen. David Petraeus, perhaps the nation’s most popular man in uniform, who after helping turn around the war in Iraq spent two years building a reputation as a military-diplomat, crisscrossing the Middle East and glad-handing national leaders in an effort to expand the U.S. military footprint and build up a regional strategic partnership. read full article>>

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts

ICAF Grad - Maj. Gen. Gina S. Farrisee,

director, military personnel management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to commanding general, U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Ky.

NWC Grad - Brig. Gen. Thomas S. Vandal,

deputy commanding general (support), 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized)/U.S. Division - North, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, to commandant, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, Okla.

ICAF Grad - Pamela C. Schwenke,

Appointee for Member (Government Official), Committee for Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled

NWC Grad (Distinguished Graduate) - Christopher J. McMullen,

Nominee for Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, Department of State

NWC Grad - Karen Brevard Stewart,

Nominee for Ambassador to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Department of State

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ICAF Grad - Capt. Linda Fagan: New USCG commander first woman to hold post

Capt. Linda Fagan's Coast Guard career has taken her to all seven continents. For the next three years, Staten Island will be her home base.  The 47-year-old Boston native was sworn in as commander of Coast Guard Sector New York during a Change of Command ceremony held Thursday in the Music Hall of Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden, Livingston.  Stationed at Fort Wadsworth, she becomes the first woman to command Sector New York -- the largest operation field command in the Coast Guard.

ICAF 08 Grad - Sallese takes command of Corps’ Galveston District

GALVESTON, Texas – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, held a change of command ceremony July 7, 2010, where Colonel Christopher W. Sallese assumed command of the Galveston District from outgoing commander Colonel David C. Weston. Colonel Thomas W. Kula, commander of the Corps’ Southwestern Division, presided over the ceremony, which was held at the district’s headquarters building.  “I am truly happy to be standing here in front of you as the new Galveston District commander,” said Sallese. “My family and I are humbled by the presence of so many in attendance and are extremely happy to be back in Texas.”