Pentagon to reshuffle Army command in S. Korea

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- The commander of the U.S. infantry division in South
Korea has been re-assigned to Europe, and a two-star general serving in
Afghanistan will take his place, according to the Pentagon.
Maj. Gen. John Morgan, chief of the 2nd Infantry Division, has been designated as
chief of staff for the U.S. European Command in Germany, the U.S. Department of
Defense said in a May 12 press release.
Morgan will be replaced by Maj. Gen. Michael Tucker, deputy chief of staff for
operations, International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, it said in an
earlier release.
Neither statement mentioned when the reshuffle will take place. An official
privy to the matter said it could be "up to months" before the command is
transferred.
Morgan has served as chief of the division, considered the heart of the U.S.
Forces Korea, since November 2007. The U.S. has about 28,500 troops stationed
here as a deterrent against North Korea.
Tucker entered the U.S. Army as a private in 1972 and entered an officer
candidate school seven years later. He graduated as a Distinguished Military
Graduate, and has served in Iraq and Germany, among other countries.
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