Commanding General

Brig. General Pete Johnson named new Fort Jackson commander

Submitted by bhilferty on Fri, 06/24/2016 - 21:56
Outgoing base commander, Maj. Gen. Roger Cloutier, Maj. Gen. Anthony Funkhouser and Brig. Gen. John ‘Pete’ Johnson, stand together before a ceremony in which Brig. Gen. Johnson replaced Maj. Gen. Roger Cloutier as base commander. Tracy Glantz tglantz@thestate.com

COLUMBIA Brig. Gen. John P. “Pete” Johnson was named the 49th [editor note: he was determined to be the 50th] commanding general of Fort Jackson, the Army’s largest initial training base.

The change of command at Victory Field took place amid the pomp of a ceremony that dates back to the American Revolution. Johnson took the installation’s flag from Maj. Gen. Anthony C. Funkhouser, commanding general, Center for Initial Military Training.