ON THE MOVE
PICATINNY’S SENIOR
AIR FORCE REP RETIRES Air Force Col. Barry D. Roeper retired from active duty at Picatinny Arsenal on July 29, capping a career that spanned three decades. Roeper was the senior Air Force representative on the team of the single manager for con- ventional ammunition within the Office of the Project Director for Joint Products, part of the Program Executive Office for Ammunition. Dur- ing his retirement ceremony, Roeper received the Presidential Certification of Appreciation and Legion of Merit medal. Roeper’s career included assignments with the U.S. Central Command and the 12th Air Force of Air Com- bat Command, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. (Photo by Todd Mozes, Picatinny Pho- tographic Services)
MCDONALD ENDS 36-YEAR CAREER
Maj. Gen. Mark McDonald retired from military service Sept. 1 after more than 36 years on active duty. His most recent assignment was as commanding general (CG) of the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC), which oversees foreign military sales cases in 153 countries. McDonald’s retirement ceremony took place Aug. 6 at the Fires Center of Excel- lence, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he began his military career. Maj. Gen. Stephen Farmen succeeded McDonald as USASAC CG.
HIGGS RETIRES AFTER 30 YEARS
Sgt. Maj. Alan D. Higgs, senior enlisted adviser to the program executive officer for simu- lation, training and instrumentation (PEO STRI), retired from the Army with a ceremony Sept. 23 in Orlando. In more than 30 years of active- duty service to the Army, before which he was a member of the Utah National Guard, Higgs held many positions of responsibility, from team leader to command sergeant major. His last assignment before PEO STRI was as the garrison command sergeant major for Pohakuloa Train- ing Area, Hawaii. He deployed to Kuwait for Operation Desert Storm, to Kosovo as part of the Kosovo Peacekeeping Force and to Iraq twice, as part of Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn.
TACOM MARKS SCHRÖTER’S RETIREMENT Col. Gerhard P.R. Schröter retired with more than 28 years of active duty, with a July 1 ceremony at the TACOM Life Cycle Management Com- mand (LCMC) headquarters in Warren, Michigan. Schröter had served as the TACOM LCMC chief of staff since August 2015. Previously, he served as the commander of Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania. His service included overseas assignments in Korea and Germany, and deployments to Iraq, the Balkans and the Caucasus region. (Photo by Greg Pici, U.S. Army Garrison – Detroit Arsenal)
VAN RASSEN MOVES ON AFTER 14 YEARS Barry Pike, center, program executive officer for missiles and space (PEO MS), recognized Michael Van Rassen with the Army Superior Civilian Service Award for his time as director of PEO MS’ Counter- Rocket, Artillery, Mortar Project Office. Van Rassen, who served as the project director for the past 14 years, is retiring from civil service. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kevin Jenkins, left, assisted in the July 20 presen- tation. (Photo by Chris Geisel, PEO MS)
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