...director of the Army staff at the Pentagon. Palumbo, who is getting his first Alaska assignment, is coming from Fort Bragg, N.C., where he has served as the deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command.

...is 50 and comes from Fort Bragg, N.C., where he has served as the deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. He served under Gen. Stanley McChrystal and describes his firing as commander of forces in Afghanistan...