Maj. Gen. Mark Brown, who currently serves as director of financial management for Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, has been selected to serve as commander of 2nd Air Force, Air Education and Training Command at Keesler AFB, Miss. He will replace Maj. Gen. Leonard Patrick, who has held the position since July 2011. Patrick has been selected to serve as vice commander of Headquarters Air Education and Training Command at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, announced the Air Force on May 15.
Air Force Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost—a trailblazer and one of the first 10 women to reach a four-star rank across the U.S. military—retired and passed control of U.S. Transportation Command to Air Force Gen. Randall Reed on Oct. 4, finishing an eventful tenure at TRANSCOM.