BG Timothy P. McGuire, currently deputy director for operations at the U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, will replace BG William Hickman at Fort Polk, Army officials said. A date for the change of command was not announced.
This will be at least the second assignment at Fort Polk for McGuire, who as a colonel served as deputy commander of the JRTC's operations group in a tour that ended in January 2008, when he was named commanding officer of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, at Fort Bragg. Full Story»