FORT HOOD (KCEN)- COL Laura J. Richardson, commander, U.S. Army Operational Test Command (USAOTC), will be promoted to brigadier general Friday, at the III Corps headquarters flagpole in a ceremony hosted by LTG Don Campbell Jr., III Corps and Fort Hood commanding general.

Richardson took command of OTC in July 2011. 

Her husband, BG James M. Richardson, is the deputy commanding general for support, First Cavalry Division, currently deployed to Afghanistan.