The Nation - News from Nov. 25, 1986

Gen. John R. Galvin, commander of the U.S. Southern Command in Panama, which controls U.S. forces in Latin America, will replace Gen. Bernard W. Rogers as commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Europe next summer, Pentagon sources said. Rogers is retiring. Galvin’s replacement has not been named. In another major shift, Gen. Robert T. Herres, commander of the Air Force Space Command, is to become the nation’s second highest-ranking officer as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in January.