Champoux becomes 8th US Army commander
By Park Sae-jin
Posted : June 27, 2013, 17:56
Updated : June 27, 2013, 17:56
He replaces John Johnson who will serve as director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization in Virginia.
Champoux served as deputy commanding general of the 8th Army and assistant chief of staff at the United Nations Command (UNC) and ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command (CFC).
About 28,000 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea as a deterrent against North Korea.