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tensive security assistance program the United States operated
in Egypt. In 2003, his hard work paid off as he assumed command
of the 7th Infantry Division at Fort Carson. In addition to
commanding the division, he supervised a massive mobilization
and deployment effort in support of operations in
Afghanistan and Iraq. Following his division command he was
assigned to the Pentagon as the U.S. Army Assistant Deputy
Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7. The army promoted him to Lieutenant
General in 2006, and as this manuscript nears completion, he is
the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management/Commanding
General, Installation Management Command, United
States Army, Washington, DC.
Bill Wimbish also continued in the service, commanding
the 6-6 Cavalry, an attack helicopter battalion and, as a colonel,
the 28th Field Training Group. He was later assigned as a member
of the faculty at the Army War College in Carlisle Barracks,
Pennsylvania. He is now retired and is the project manager for
a futures think tank sponsored by the Director for National Intelligence.
Michael Cobb retired from the army and lives outside
Fort Knox in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He is a defense contractor
and is currently developing Future Combat System
web-based training and doctrinal manuals for the army.
Of the troop commanders, Michael Bills went on to become
the commander of the 1-1 Cavalry, attended the Army War College
and now commands the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at
Ft. Hood, Texas, where he is currently preparing the regiment
for its return to Iraq. Ken Pope is a foreign area officer and has
served with a Russian Airborne Group in Kosovo and recently
completed a tour with the American Embassy in Tallinn, Estonia.
Ken is currently a START Mission Commander with the
Defense Threat Reduction Agency at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Doug Morrison went on to become the commander of the 3-7
Cavalry, attended the National War College and was selected to
command a brigade. After much soul-searching he turned the
opportunity down and was assigned as the Director, Lessons
Learned Comprehensive Review Group, Homeland Security
Council. He recently retired from the army and is working for
a consulting firm. Roy Peters left active duty in June 1994, and
later finding his desire to fly helicopters too strong, joined a lo-