SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. – Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced today that President Barack Obama nominated Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva to relieve Air Force Gen. William M. Fraser III as commander, U.S. Transportation Command.
Selva’s nomination requires Senate confirmation, to include a hearing set for March.
Fraser took command of USTRANSCOM Oct. 14, 2011. Selva currently commands USTRANSCOM’s air component, Air Mobility Command, also headquartered here.
“If confirmed, [General Selva] will be an outstanding successor to General Fraser who’s been an exemplary, effective TRANSCOM commander,” Hagel said. “We will miss him and we appreciate his tremendous service to this country.”
USTRANSCOM is a unified, functional combatant command which provides support to the eight other U.S. combatant commands, the military services, defense agencies and other government organizations. As such, USTRANSCOM provides full-spectrum global mobility solutions and related enabling capabilities for supported customers' requirements in peace and war.
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