Brig. Gen. William K. Gayler leaving JBLM for Fort Knox

By Northwest Military News Team on January 8, 2014

Brig. Gen. William K. Gayler, deputy commanding general, 7th Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, is being assigned to director, Officer Personnel Management Directorate, U.S. Army Human Resources Command at Fort Knox, Ky.

Gayler was promoted to brigadier general Sept. 3, 2013 at JBLM.

Here's Gayler's background, according to a release by the 7th ID last September:

Gayler, a Distinguished Military Graduate of North Georgia College in Dahlonega, Ga., received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and was commissioned as an Aviation Officer in 1988. He is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College and the National War College.

Gayler is a Master Army Aviator and Standardization Instructor Pilot in the AH-64D Longbow Apache and also rated in the OH-58 Kiowa.