Gen. Dennis Via, commanding general of the Army Materiel Command (left), Brig. Gen. John Wharton, commanding general of the Army Sustainment Command, and his wife, Rebekah, stand at attention while orders are read promoting Wharton to the rank of maj...

Maj. Gen. John Wharton, ASC commanding general and commanding general of Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., presents remarks at his promotion ceremony June 13 at Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club. Wharton thanked the mentors in his life, his family, and the pers...

Maj. Gen. John Wharton presents his wife, Rebekah, with a bouquet of flowers as a symbolic gesture of his thanks for her support during his Army career. Wharton also presented a bouquet of flowers to his daughter and a card to his son. (Photo by Jon ...

Gen. Dennis Via, commanding general of the Army Materiel Command, assisted in the promotion ceremony for Maj. Gen. John Wharton, commanding general of the Army Sustainment Command and Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., June 13 at Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club.

Wharton leads a global logistics organization of nearly 70,000 military, civilian, and contractor personnel responsible for sustaining Army and Joint Forces in support of Combatant Commands.

ASC organizes, trains, and sustains a quality deployable force, while integrating materiel and services for Warfighters. ASC provides the Army with materiel readiness, strategic depth, flexibility, and power projection to meet its world-wide contingency missions. (Photo by Liz Adolphi, ASC Public Affairs)