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Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division Leadership
Commander
COL Geoffrey A. Whittenberg
Colonel Geoffrey A. Whittenberg graduated as a Distinguished Military Graduate from Oklahoma State University s ROTC program in 1997, with a degree in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (Forestry), and received his commission as an Aviation Officer. He attended the Aviation Officer Basic Course and graduated flight school in 1998 as an OH-58D-rated Aviator.
His first assignment after flight school was in the 1st Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, where he served as a platoon leader, deploying to Bosnia in support of Operation Joint Forge and subsequently as the battalion assistant S-3. Following the Aviation Advanced Course, COL Whittenberg served in the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia, where he served as the squadron S1, deploying to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operatio
III Corps and Fort Hood will soon have a new deputy commander, according to a news release from the Defense Department.
In announcing general officer assignments on Monday, the Army Chief of Staffâs office said Maj. Gen. Steven W. Gilland, commanding general of the 2nd Infantry Division (Combined), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, will become the deputy commanding general of III Corps at Fort Hood.
Gilland was commissioned from the United States Military Academy in 1990. As an Infantry officer, he served in a variety of tactical assignments in Air Assault, Armor, Mechanized Infantry, Ranger and Special Operations units. He has served in the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), 2nd Infantry Division (Mechanized), 75th Ranger Regiment, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, the 1st Cavalry Division, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and the United States Military Academy.
30 Years On, Veterans Recall the Desert Storm Air War
Mark Fox poses in a Hornet with the USS Saratoga in the background a few days after his battle with an Iraqi MiG. (Photo courtesy of Mark Fox)
21 Jan 2021 The War Horse | By Kelly Kennedy
During the first daytime airstrike of Desert Storm, Mark Fox flew out with about 30 airplanes that launched at once from an aircraft carrier, looking for the Scuds used to terrorize U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia.
It was a brilliantly blue day, sun glancing off sea and sand, and Fox flew alongside planes that would keep his F/A-18 Hornet and the bombs he carried safe.
The Tablet January 21, 2021
Biden’s Defense Secretary Pick an Accomplished Commander, Devout Catholic
WINDSOR TERRACE The U.S. Senate has confirmed retired Army general Lloyd Austin to be the first African American secretary of defense.
The Senate voted 93-2 Friday morning, Jan. 22, clearing the way for Austin, President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Defense.
Austin, a devout Catholic from South Georgia, has achieved numerous “firsts” in his more than four decades serving his nation as an Army officer. He is, for example, the first African American to command the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) which is how President Biden, then serving as vice president, came to know the general.