THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, July 1, 1994 TAG: 9407010401
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY JACK DORSEY, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 39 lines
Army Lt. Gen. William V. Hartzog, deputy commander-in-chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command headquartered in Norfolk, has been nominated for promotion to the four-star rank of general. He has been recommended to command the Army's Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Monroe.
Hartzog's proposed promotion and reassignment to the Peninsula was announced by Defense Secretary William J. Perry.
The 52-year-old Wilmington, N.C., native will replace Gen. Frederick M. Franks Jr., 58, who has been TRADOC's commanding general for nearly three years. Franks is to retire.
The TRADOC command, formed in 1973, is the ``think tank'' of the Army where the doctrine, weapons systems, equipment, organization and training needs are developed to ensure that soldiers are ready to fight on tomorrow's battlefields.
The command operates nearly two dozen service schools, several entry-level training centers, combat-development activities, integrating centers, the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps and the Army Training Support Center.
More than 90,000 officers and enlisted personnel are under the command. They are based at 17 installations across the U.S. where they operate 16 branch schools, one service college, seven noncommissioned officers academies and drill sergeant schools, 10 airfields and several special activities.
Hartzog is a graduate of the Citadel, was a company commander with the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam, served as an instructor at West Point and commanded the Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga. He also served as commanding general of U.S. Army South and Joint Task Force-Panama. He commanded the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kan. by CNB