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Army announces assignment of command operations, plans, logistics and engineering director

Brig. Gen. Karl R. Horst will soon command the U.S. Army's Military District of Washington.

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By MC2(AW) Nikki Carter
USJFCOM Public Affairs

(NORFOLK, Va., April 21, 2009) -- Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey announced Army Brig. Gen. Karl R. Horst, director for operations, plans, logistics and engineering, J-3/4, at the U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., will become commanding general of the Army Military District of Washington and commander of Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Horst serves as the principal advisor to the USJFCOM commander on all military operational, logistics (less medical) and engineering matters. His primary responsibility as the joint force provider includes identifying conventional capabilities to meet the requirements of supported combatant commanders and recommending joint sourcing solutions from the global conventional force pool.

He also is responsible for readiness monitoring, planning, directing and tracking the deployment of conventional joint forces and capabilities assigned to USJFCOM. In addition he is responsible for joint logistics through collaborative productions of logistics and deployment doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership, personnel and facilities, change recommendations, support of joint and multinational training and education; support of concept development and experimentation; and support of joint command and control integration efforts.

A prior enlisted soldier, Horst graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1978 and has commanded soldiers in the 3rd Infantry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division, with whom he served in combat during both Operation Desert Storm/Shield and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Most recently, he served as the deputy commanding general of the XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, N.C.

Other previous assignments have included aide-de-camp to the Chief of Staff for the U.S. Army and special assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Headquarters/Supreme Allied Powers Europe, Belgium.

In addition to a master of public administration from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, he is a graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College and the U.S. Army War College.

His decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (with three Oak Leaf Clusters), the Bronze Star (with two Oak Leaf Clusters) and the Meritorious Service Medal (with four Oak Leaf Clusters). He has earned the Expert Infantryman Badge, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Combat Action Badge, the Master Parachutist Badge, and the United States Army Ranger Tab.