ACADEMY CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY – June 16, 2006

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Brig. Gen. Robert L. Caslen, Jr. has been selected as the 70 th Commandant of Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy. He will assume command from Brig. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti in a ceremony on Friday, June 23 at 4:30 p.m. at Trophy Point.

Brig. Gen. Scaparrotti will be promoted to Maj. Gen. in a private ceremony immediately prior to his change of command. Scaparrotti will move on to work at U.S. Central Command.

Caslen, a native of Jay, Vt., is a 1975 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Long Island University and a Masters in Science from Kansas State University.

Caslen has served in a wide variety of challenging command and staff positions. He was assigned to the 9 th Infantry Division as rifle platoon leader, company executive officer and company commander. He served in several positions on the faculty at West Point, including Admission Support Officer for the Directorate of Intercollegiate Athletics and company tactical officer. He also served as the Senior Brigade Observer/Controller at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La. Caslen served as the Chief of Staff for both the 101 st Airborne Division and the 10 th Mountain Division during his career.

Caslen held multiple joint positions beginning with the Director, Joint Task Force Bravo in Honduras, Executive Officer to the Commander of the Multi-National Forces, and then to the Commander of the U.S. Forces United Nations Command during Operations Restore and Uphold Democracy. He most recently served as the Deputy Director for the War on Terrorism, within the Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate, The Joint Staff.