The chief of staff, Army announced today the following assignments:

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey L. Bannister, director, strategy, plans and policy, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to commanding general, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New York.

Maj. Gen. Robert M. Dyess Jr., director, force development, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy director and chief of staff, Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

Maj. Gen. William C. Hix, deputy director and chief of staff, Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, to director, strategy, plans and policy, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins, director, requirements integration directorate, Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, to director, force development, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Mitchell R. Chitwood, U.S. Army Reserve, to director, Rule of Law Field Force-Afghanistan, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom. He most recently served as deputy commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 63rd Regional Support Command, Mountain View, California.

Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Rank, student, Arabic language training, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, District of Columbia, to senior defense official and defense attaché, United Arab Emirates.