Where Is Paul Lacamera Now

April 7, 2024

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Nearly 60 general officer assignments announced by Army leaders last week will shake up the leadership of several Fort Bragg commands and send generals with local ties across the larger force.

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The biggest local impact in the assignments announced Tuesday by the Pentagon came in a position that had yet to be filled.

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Maj. Gen. Mark A. Stammer, who had been slated to replace Maj. Gen. Jefforey Smith as deputy commanding general of Fort Bragg, is no longer set to take that position, according to the release.

Instead, Maj. Gen. Paul J. LaCamera has been selected to become the next deputy commanding general of the 18th Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg.

Both Stammer and LaCamera have strong ties to Fort Bragg.

LaCamera, the chief of Office of Security Cooperation- Iraq for U.S. Central Command, spent several years in Fort Bragg’s special operations community.

He’s also a former installation commander, having led Fort Carson, Colorado, before being named to the Iraq post.

Before taking command of Carson in 2013, LaCamera was deputy commander of U.S. Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg.

Other local jobs held by the general include director of operations for Joint Special Operations Command and assistant commanding general of JSOC.

LaCamera is also no stranger to Fort Bragg’s conventional forces. After being commissioned from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1985, he began his career with the 82nd Airborne Division.

Stammer, the commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, is a former brigade commander on Fort Bragg.

He led the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, deploying with the unit to Al Anbar in Iraq, and commanded two companies within 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment early in his career.

Instead of returning to Fort Bragg, Stammer has been selected to become deputy commanding general of I Corps and Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington, officials said.

Of the remaining announced assignments, four have a direct impact on leadership at Fort Bragg. More than 30 others involved general officers with ties to Fort Bragg.

The Fort Bragg changes include Brig. Gen. David T. Isaacson replacing Brig. Gen. Mitchell L. Kilgo as deputy chief of staff, G-6 for U.S. Army Forces Command; the departure of Brig. Gen. Mark W. Odom, deputy commanding general of operations for the 82nd Airborne Division; and the arrival of Brig. Gen. Leopoldo A. Quintas Jr., who will serve as deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7 for U.S. Army Forces Command.

Isaacson is deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

He began his career assigned to the 50th Signal Battalion at Fort Bragg, where he served as a platoon leader, company executive officer, battalion operations officer and company commander.

Isaacson’s Fort Bragg career also includes service as the regimental signal officer for the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment and battalion S-3 for the 82nd Signal Battalion.

He later serves as the signal squadron commander for the secretive Fort Bragg unit known as Combat Applications Group, or more commonly known as Delta Force, and then as J-6 operations officer for Joint Special Operations Command.

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He then commanded the 50th Signal Battalion before leaving Fort Bragg for other assignments.

Kilgo, who does not appear to have served on Fort Bragg prior to his job with Forces Command, will become directory, J-6 for U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Odom, who most recently served with the 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq, will become director of concept development and learning for the Army Capabilities Integration Center with U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

Odom held numerous staff and leadership positions within the 82nd Airborne prior to becoming deputy commander while the division served as Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command-Iraq.

Odom will take his future position from Quintas, who it appears will be stationed on Fort Bragg for the first time to work for Forces Command.

The other assignments with Fort Bragg ties include:

Maj. Gen. Edward F. Dorman III, a former G-4 for the 18th Airborne Corps who will become director for logistics, J-4, for U.S. Central Command. Dorman is commanding general of the 8th Theater Sustainment Command at Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
Maj. Gen. Charles A. Flynn, a former deputy commander of the 82nd Airborne and deputy G-3/5/7 for Forces Command who will become deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Pacific at Fort Shafter. Flynn is commanding general of the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Maj. Gen. Brian J. McKiernan, also a former deputy commanding general of the 82nd Airborne, who will become commanding general of the U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. McKiernan is commanding general of the First Army Division East at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Maj. Gen. John B. Morrison Jr., who previously served in 35th Signal Brigade, will become commanding general of Fort Gordon, Georgia. Morrison is commanding general of U.S. Army Network Enterprise, Technology Command and deputy commanding general of the Second Army at Fort Huachuca.
Maj. Gen. Mark J. O’Neil, a former commander of 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, or Delta Force, who also held numerous positions in JSOC, will become chief of staff, U.S. Army Pacific at Fort Shafter. O’Neil is deputy commanding general for the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Maj. Gen. Paul A. Ostrowski, who previously served as chief of field operations in the Special Products Office at Fort Bragg and held numerous command and staff positions in joint special operations and Special Forces, will become deputy commanding general for support for Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan. Ostrowski is deputy for acquisition and systems management in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) in Washington.
Maj. Gen. Steven A. Shapiro, who previously served as deputy commander of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command, will become deputy chief of staff for logistics and operations for U.S. Army Materiel Command at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Shapiro is assistant deputy chief of staff, G-4, for the Army.
Brig. Gen. Jeffery D. Broadwater, who previously served in the 82nd Airborne, will become directory, CJ-35 for the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan. Broadwater is deputy commanding general of the 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Brig. Gen. Welton Chase Jr., who previously served with the 327th Signal Battalion, will become commanding general of the 7th Theater Signal Command at Fort Gordon. Chase is directory, J-6 Cyber/C4 for U.S. European Command.
Brig. Gen. William E. Cole, who previously served in the 82nd Airborne, will become program executive officer for simulations, training and instrumentation in Orlando, Florida. Cole is deputy program executive officer for missiles and space at Redstone Arsenal.
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey W. Drushal, who previously served in the 82nd Airborne and 1st Theater Sustainment Command, will become chief of transportation and commandant of the U.S. Army Transportation School at Fort Lee, Virginia. Drushal is deputy assistant chief of staff, C-4/J-4 for United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea in Korea.
Brig. Gen. Stephen E. Farmen, who previously served in the 82nd Airborne, will become commanding general of the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command at Redstone Arsenal. Farmen is commanding general of Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command, Joint Munitions Command at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois.
Brig. Gen. Patricia A. Frost, who previously served in the 82nd Airborne, will become director of cyber in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, for the Army. Frost is deputy commanding general for operations for U.S. Army Cyber Command at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Brig. Gen. Sean A. Gainey, a former commander of the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, will become commanding general of the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command at Fort Shafter. Gainey is deputy commanding general for U.S. Army Cadet Command at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Brig. Gen. Peter A. Gallagher, who previously served in the 112th Signal Battalion, will become director of architecture, operations, networks and space in the Office of the Chief Information Officer, G-6, for the Army. Gallagher is director, J-6 for U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base.
Brig. Gen. John P. Johnson, who previously served in the 82nd Airborne, will become commanding general of Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Johnson is director of training in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7 for the Army.
Brig. Gen. Gary W. Johnston, who previously served in the 18th Airborne Corps, will become director of intelligence, J-2 for U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base. Johnston is deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command at Fort Belvoir.
Brig. Gen. Richard C. Kim, who previously served in the 82nd Airborne, will become deputy director of program analysis and evaluation in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8 of the Army. Kim is directory, CJ-35 of the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan.
Brig. Gen. John S. Kolasheski, who has previously served with Forces Command, will become commandant of the U.S. Army Armor School at Fort Benning, Georgia. Kolasheski is deputy commanding general for maneuver for the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Brig. Gen. Viet X. Luong, who previously served in the 82nd Airborne, will become chief of staff for U.S. Army Central at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. Luong is director, joint and integration in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, for the Army.
Brig. Gen. Brian J. Mennes, a former 82nd Airborne brigade commander, will become director, joint and integration in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, for the Army. Mennes is deputy commanding general for maneuver of the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea.
Brig. Gen. Daniel G. Mitchell, who served in the 18th Airborne Corps, will become deputy commanding general for operations, chief of staff for Installation Management Command at Joint Base San Antonio. Mitchell is deputy commanding general for support for the same command.
Brig. Gen. Thomas A Pugh, who served in the 35th Signal Brigade and 18th Airborne Corps, will become director of J-6, Cyber/C4 for U.S. European Command. Pugh is commandant of the U.S. Army Signal School at Fort Gordon.
Brig. Gen. Kurt J. Ryan, who served in the 82nd Airborne and the 1st Theater Sustainment Command, will become commanding general of Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Ryan is commandant of the U.S. Army Ordnance School at Fort Lee.
Brig. Gen. Wilson A. Shoffner Jr., who previously served in the 82nd Airborne Division and commanded the 18th Fires Brigade, will become director of the Talent Management Task Force in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1 for the Army. Shoffner is deputy chief of staff for communications of the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan.
Brig. Gen. Christopher L. Spillman, a former commander of the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, will become commanding general of the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command at Fort Bliss. Spillman is commandant of the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School at Fort Sill.
Brig. Gen. William A. Turner, who served in the former 18th Fires Brigade, will become deputy commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley. Turner is commandant of the U.S. Army Field Artillery School at Fort Sill.
Brig. Gen. Daniel R. Walrath, who began his career in the 82nd Airborne, will become director of materiel in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8 for the Army. Walrath is deputy commanding general for maneuver for the 1st Armored Division and director, Central Command Forward – Jordan for Operation Spartan Shield.
Brig Gen. Eric J. Wesley, who has served with U.S. Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, will become commanding general of Fort Benning. Wesley is deputy director for program analysis and evaluation, G-8, for the Army.
Col. James E. Bonner, who has served in the 82nd Airborne, 18th Airborne and JSOC, will become commandant of the U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Bonner, who is awaiting a promotion to brigadier general, is director of materiel for the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, for the Army.
Col. Jennifer G. Buckner, who served in the 82nd Airborne and the now-inactive 18th Aviation Brigade, will become deputy commander for operations of the Cyber National Mission Force at U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade. Buckner, who is awaiting a promotion to brigadier general, is commandant of the U.S. Army Cyber Center and School at Fort Gordon.
Col. Joseph P. McGee, who has served in the 82nd Airborne and with JSOC, will become deputy commanding general for operations of U.S. Army Cyber Command at Fort Belvoir. McGee, who is awaiting a promotion to brigadier general, is deputy commander for support of the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas.