May to succeed Schwitters                     Leader Staff Report

Brig. Gen. Bradley W. May will assume command of Fort Jackson from Brig. Gen. James H. Schwitters, who is retiring this summer. May comes to Fort Jackson from Alexandria, Va., where he served as the director of the Enlisted Personnel Management Directorate of the U.S. Army Human Resources Command. The Change of Command ceremony is slated for late July. In his more than 25 years with the Army, May has had stateside assignments in California, Colorado, Virginia, Kentucky and Louisiana, as well as overseas assignments in Germany, Iraq and Bosnia-Herzegovina. May deployed under Operation Iraqi Freedom March-May 2003 and June 2003-February 2005.  Following his deployment, he was assigned to the Joint Staff as the chief of the Strategy Division in Washington. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Northeast Louisiana University; a Masters of Military Arts and Science from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and a Masters in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army Air War College. May has received numerous medals and badges including: the Legion of Merit, a Bronze Star with “V” device, a Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal and the Combat Action Badge. Schwitters will be retiring after more than 30 years of military service. He and his wife Rebecca plan to settle in Columbia.