Justice Retires; Civilian Becomes RDECOM Director

Maj. Gen. Nick Justice to Dale Ormond, an Army civilian executive, at a ceremony on Feb. 10 at the Post Theater.

Justice, a two-star general, led RDECOM and APG through the final stages of the

"We've changed the very essence of war this decade, much out of the strength and the intellectual capacity of this organization," said Justice.

But Justice won't be hanging up his uniform immediately as there will be a separate ceremony for his official retirement after 42 years of military service, according to a RDECOM press release.

Ormond returns to from the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, KS, where he served as deputy to the commanding general since 2008. He previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army and as acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Policy and Procurement.

"Each one of us at some point has this central motivation in we have the opportunity to help some guy or gal out on point in the middle of nowhere to execute their mission and come home safely, and I don't know if anybody does this more profoundly than what our RDECOM employees do," said Ormond.