Major General Dennis P. LeMaster assumed command of the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence on 10 January 2020. Previous to this posi- tion, MG LeMaster served as the Commanding General, Regional Health Command-Pacific and USARPAC Command Surgeon. MG LeMaster received his commission in 1987 from Washington State University’s ROTC program. After graduating from the Officer Basic Course in Sep- tember 1987, his first assignment was as the Medical Platoon Leader for the 2-35 Armor Battalion, 3d Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. Following that assignment, MG LeMaster served as Company Executive Officer for the 517th Medical Company. In 1990, he was as- signed to Camp Casey, Korea, as the Operations Officer for the Division Medical Operations Center, 2d Infantry Division. Upon completion of theU.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Advanced Course in 1991, MG LeMaster commanded C. Company, 203d Forward Support Battalion, 3d Infantry Division, Erlangen, Germany. He went on to serve for 27 months as the Forward Support Medical Company and Forward Support Battalion S-3 Observer/ Controller-Trainer at the Combat Maneuver Training Center, Hohenfels, Germany. After returning to the United States in March 1996, MG LeMaster was assigned as the Operations Officer for the AMEDD Battle Laboratory, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. In 1998, he returned to Germany as the S-3 and then Executive Officer for the 67th Combat Support Hospital in Wuerzburg, Germany. In June 2000, he was assigned to headquarters, 30th Medical Brigade, Heidelberg, Germany, as Chief of Training & Exercises and subse- quently as Chief of Current Operations. Following his return to the United States, MG LeMaster led the AMEDD Officer Basic Course as the Chief of the Leader Development Branch from August 2003 to June 2005. From there, he served as the Installation Commander, Camp Bullis, Texas, from June 2005 to June 2007, before going on to serve as the Executive Officer to the Commanding General, AMEDD Center & School, until 2008. MG LeMaster attended the Army War College, graduating in the Class of 2009. MG LeMaster was the Western Regional Medical Command Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2012, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. From June 2012 to December 2013, he commanded Bassett Army Commu- nity Hospital, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. He commanded Evans Army Community Hospital, Fort Carson, Colorado, from January 2014 until May 2016. Recently, MG LeMaster commanded Regional Health Com- mand – Europe and served as USAREUR Command Surgeon, Sembach, Germany, from June 2016 until May 2018. MG LeMaster's operational deployment assignments include Task Force S-3 for Task Force 67 in Hungary-Croatia, Task Force S-3 for Task Force MEDEAGLE in Bosnia, and Chief, Current Operations for the 30th Medical Brigade in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MG LeMaster received his Bachelor of Science degrees in Range Management and Forest Management from Washington State University in 1985 and 1987. He received his Master of Arts degree in Procurement & Acquisition Management from Webster University in 1998, and his Master in Strategic Studies from the Army War College in 2009. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command & General Staff Col- lege, the U.S. Army Airborne School, the U.S. Army Armor School Maintenance Course, and the AMEDD Combat Casualty Care Course.
MG LeMaster's badges and awards include the Combat Action Badge, the Expert Field Medical Badge, the Basic Parachutist’s Badge, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (3 OLC), the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal (4 OLC), the Army Commendation Medal (7 OLC), the Army Achieve- ment Medal (2 OLC), National Defense Service Medal (Bronze Service Star), the Armed Forces Expedi- tionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Korean Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal, and the NATO Medal.
