Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh swears in 33rd Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., Jan. 31.

Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III was sworn in as the Army’s 33rd vice chief of staff during a ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., Jan. 31. Austin replaces Gen. Peter Chiarelli as the vice chief of staff of the Army. Chiarelli retired from the Army after 40 years of service during a ceremony held earlier in the day.

Read the complete story by The Pentagram’s Courtney Dock-Abuhl at http://www.army.mil/article/72869/, and visit the new vice chief of staff’s leader page at http://www.army.mil/leaders/vcsa/.