Written by / Compiled by KMI Media Group staff
Air Force Colonel David A. Mullins recently assumed command of Special Operations Command, Joint Forces Command from Army Colonel Wesley L. Rehorn (SOTECH January/ February 2008).
Army Lieutenant General Lloyd J. Austin III has been nominated for reappointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as director, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. Austin is currently serving as commanding general, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Aluminum Chambered Boats has announced the addition of Dr. Bruce J. Kiessling to its board of directors. Regina E. Dugan has been selected as the 19th director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates has announced the following new members to the Defense Policy Board: General Larry Welch (Ret.), former Air Force chief of staff; Stephen Biddle, Council on Foreign Relations; Richard Danzig, former secretary of the Navy; Robert Gallucci, former assistant secretary of state; Chuck Hagel, former senator from Nebraska; Robert D. Kaplan, Center for a New American Security; Andrew Krepinevich, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; Rudy deLeon, former deputy secretary of defense; John Nagl, Center for a New American Security; Sarah Sewall, Harvard University; Wendy Sherman, former special adviser to the president. These members join the following returning members: John Hamre, chairman; Harold Brown; Admiral Vern Clark (Ret.); J.D. Crouch; Fred Ikle; General Jack Keane (Ret.); Henry Kissinger; Dave McCurdy; Frank Miller; William Perry; James Schlesinger; Marin Strmecki; Vin Weber; General Pete Pace (Ret.).
The Defense Policy Board provides the secretary, deputy secretary and under secretary for policy with independent, informed advice and opinion concerning matters of defense policy.
Tactical Command Industries has announced that Tim McNamara has joined the TCI team as vice president of sales and marketing. ♦