Maj. Gen. Robert H. Griffin is taking over as the deputy chief of the Corps of Engineers, replacing Maj. Gen. Hans A. Van Winkle, who is retiring as the No. 2 officer at the Corps. Griffin, currently the Corps' director of civil works, will assume the post of deputy commanding general on June 23, says Corps spokesman, Lt. Col. Gene Pawlik.
The Chief of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, remains in his position. Flowers is nearing the end of his third year of a four-year appointment as chief, Pawlik says.