Brig. Gen. R. Scott Dingle, deputy chief of staff for staff operations at the U.S. Army Medical Command, has been named commanding general of the military branch’s Regional Health Command-Atlantic, the Defense Department announced Tuesday.

He previously served as director of healthcare operations at the Office of the Surgeon General and commander of the 30th Medical Brigade in Germany before he joined MEDCOM’s G-3/5/7 office in 2015.

Dingle also held various roles within the 75th Forward Support Battalion, 194th Separate Armored Brigade, McDonald Army Community Hospital, Medical Company and Medical Hold Detachment, 3rd Forward Support Battalion and the Division Medical Operations Center.

His previous assignments also include service at the 44th Medical Command, 18th Abn Corps, Combined Joint Task Force -180, 261st Area Support Medical Battalion, 18th Airborne Corps Surgeon’s Office and the 261st Multifunctional Medical Battalion.

The brigadier general is a recipient of awards such as Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Humanitarian Service Medal and the Order of Military Medical Merit.

Dingle holds master’s degrees in administration, national security strategy and military arts and science from the Central Michigan University, School of Advanced Military Studies and National War College, respectively.

This story was originally published on March 8, 2017.

President Donald Trump intends to nominate Ellen Lord, president and CEO of Textron Systems, as undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics at the Defense Department, the White House announced Tuesday.

If confirmed, she will lead the current AT&L office and subsequently be undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment after DoD completes a mandated split of the organization into two functions by Feb. 1, 2018.

Lord assumed her current roles in 2012 after she served as senior vice president and general manager of Textron’s defense systems business.

She also held SVP and GM roles at Textron’s AAI Corp. subsidiary and VP of integration management at Textron Systems.

Lord is vice chair of the National Defense Industrial Association and a member of the Center for a New American Security’s task force on strategy, technology and the global defense industry.

She also sits on the board of directors of the Defense Technology Initiative, Naval Institute Foundation and the U.S. India Business Council.

This story was originally published on June 28, 2017.

Andrea Thompson, a retired U.S. Army colonel and former national security adviser to the House Homeland Security Committee, will assume the roles of deputy assistant to the president and national security adviser to the vice president.

The White House said Wednesday Thompson, who most recently worked as director of the McChrystal Group Leadership Institute, has more than 25 years of military service with deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia.

“Colonel Thompson brings a wealth of knowledge as a career military intelligence officer and combat veteran to her role as my national security adviser,” said Vice President Mike Pence.

“She has a deep understanding of the complex challenges that face the United States at this juncture in history and is uniquely qualified to serve in this important role.”

Thompson’s career with the U.S. military includes assignments as chief of staff for the Intelligence Directorate/J2 in Afghanistan and senior intelligence officer for the Multi-National Division (North) in Iraq.

She has also served as executive officer to the undersecretary of the Army, senior military adviser to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and a senior fellow with the Army’s strategic studies group.

The complete list of new appointees who will serve on the vice president’s staff can be found here.

This story was originally published on January 26, 2017.

Maj. Gen. Scottie Carpenter, commander of the U.S. Army Reserve‘s 84th Training Command, has been appointed as deputy commanding general of the Army Reserve Command and the Army Reserve unit within the Army Forces Command, the Defense Department said Monday.

Prior to his role as leader of the 84th Training Command, Carpenter held other leadership positions at the 211th Military Police Company, 171st Corps Support Group, 805th Military Police Company, 120th Army Reserve Command and the 311th Sustainment Command.

He also served in various roles with the 641st Area Support Group, 143rd, 103rd and 311th Expeditionary Support Commands, 81st Regional Readiness Command, 11th Military Police Brigade and the Theater Personnel Operations Directorate.

The major general completed the Military Police Officer Basic and Quartermaster Officer advanced courses at the Combined Arms and Services Staff School of the Command and General Staff College.

He holds a master’s degree in strategic studies and graduated the S-2 Combat operations Course from the U.S. Army War College.

This story was originally published on March 22, 2017.