ON THE


CHANGE OF COMMAND AT USAMRMC MG Joseph Caravalho Jr. relinquished command of the U.S. Army Medical Research and


Materiel Command (USAMRMC) and Fort Detrick, MD, to MG Brian C. Lein, in a ceremony Sept. 16 at Fort Detrick. Lein comes to USAMRMC from an assignment as the deputy surgeon gen- eral and deputy commanding general (CG) for operations for the U.S. Army Medical Command.


A New York native, Lein began his military career at the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1984 as a Distinguished Military Cadet with a B.S. He earned his medical doctorate from Temple University School of Medicine. He is also board-certified in general surgery. Lein’s military education also includes the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army War College and the U.S. Army Airborne School.


MG Joseph Caravalho Jr.


Caravalho had been the CG of USAMRMC and Fort Detrick since January 2013. As the Army’s medical materiel developer, the USAMRMC focuses on medical research, development and acqui- sition, and medical logistics management, with 12 subordinate commands and six executive agencies around the world.


ASC WELCOMES O’CONNELL AS CG MG Kevin G. O’Connell became CG of the U.S. Army Sustainment Command (ASC) during


a change-of-command ceremony at Rock Island Arsenal, IL. O’Connell replaces MG John F. Wharton, who had commanded ASC since September 2012. During his tenure, Wharton was instrumental in improving the efficiency of the command’s logistics readiness centers while support- ing the drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wharton assumed command of U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command in a ceremony Sept. 22 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.


MG Kevin G. O’Connell


O’Connell comes to ASC from U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, NC, where he served as deputy chief of staff for logistics, G-4. Previously, he served as CG of the Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command/Joint Munitions Command (JMC), also headquartered at Rock Island Arsenal. GEN Dennis L. Via, CG of the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC), presided over the ceremony. ASC, a major subordinate command of AMC, sustains U.S. and joint forces around the globe.


MALLOY NAMED AS ASA(ALT) SERGEANT MAJOR SGM Rory L. Malloy has been selected as the sergeant major in the Office of the Assistant Secre-


tary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (OASA(ALT)), Pentagon, Washington, DC, effective Dec.10. Malloy served as commandant of the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy, Fort Bliss, TX, from May 2011 until June 10, when he relinquished leadership to CSM Dennis E. Defreese. As OASA(ALT) sergeant major, Malloy will be the senior enlisted adviser to the Hon. Heidi Shyu, ASA(ALT) and Army acquisition executive, filling a position that has been vacant for several years.


SGM Rory L. Malloy 148 Army AL&T Magazine October–December 2014


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