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Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, deputy chief of staff for the U.S. Army G2, has been nominated to serve as the Defense Intelligence Agency's next director. Berrier would succeed Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, who has led the DIA since October 2017 and is a two-time Wash100 Award, if the Senate approves the nomination.

President Trump has nominated U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Glen VanHerck, director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to lead the U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). VanHerck will receive the rank of general upon his confirmation for the role, the Department of Defense (DoD).

Lt. Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, deputy commander at the Air Mobility Command, has been nominated to serve as AMC's commander. If confirmed, Van Ovost will succeed Gen. Maryanne Miller, who is slated to depart from her post after a 39-year career, the U.S. Air Force said Thursday.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles Moore, director of operations at U.S. Cyber Command, has been assigned to serve as USCYBERCOM's deputy commander. He will also receive a promotion to lieutenant-general as he remains at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland for his new assignment, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

President Trump intends to nominate Lucas Polakowski, a retired U.S. Army Reserve major general with over 36 years of experience, to serve as assistant secretary for nuclear, chemical and biological defense programs at the Department of Defense (DoD).

Maj. Gen. Shaun Morris, commander at  Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, has been nominated by President Trump to lead the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center as commander. Morris will receive the rank of lieutenant general upon the confirmation of the Senate, the Department of Defense (DoD) said Friday.

President Trump has nominated Maj. Gen. Michael Loh, adjutant general of the Colorado National Guard and executive director of the state's Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, to be the Air National Guard's next director.

President Trump has nominated Maj. Gen. Dennis Crall to assume the roles of chief information officer and director for command, control, communications, and computers at Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Michele Pearce, principal deputy general counsel at the U.S. Army, was nominated by President Trump to succeed James McPherson as the branch's general counsel. The White House said Tuesday it has sent Pearce's nomination to the Senate for consideration.

Louis Bremer, a managing director of Cerberus Capital Management, is set to receive nomination to be assistant secretary for special operations and low intensity conflict at the Department of Defense, the White House announced Monday.