JBSA-FORT SAM HOUSTON --Charles Gregg Stevens, Deputy to the Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence (AMEDDC&S HRCoE) and AMEDD Civilian Corps Chief retires after over 50 years of service to Army Medicine.
During the ceremony hosted by Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West, The Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM), Stevens received many awards to include the Outstanding Civilian Service as a Senior Executive Service Commendation signed by the Secretary of the Army, Mark T. Esper.
Dianne Randon, the Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Installation Management made a special presentation of the newly established Department of the Army (DA) Civilian Retired Lapel Pin. Randon advocated for civilian service pins and the civilian retirement pin to recognize DA Civilians who have honorable served the Army for at least one year, up to decades of service. Approved by Esper in October 2018, Randon was the first DA Civilian to receive a service pin and made a special trip for Stevens' retirement ceremony so she could personally bestow the honor on him.
Nearly 400 current and former general officers, members of the senior executive service and command sergeants major were among the distinguished guest to attend the ceremony that was hosted at Joint Base San Antonio --Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Stevens also has nearly a dozen family members and several members from his high school and college graduating classes honor him with their presence.
Stevens was commissioned into the Army in the Medical Service Corps, June 1968. He then attended the Officer Basic Course and Medical Logistic Courses at Fort Sam Houston. Though he retired from active duty in 1997 in the rank of colonel, he continued to serve Army Medicine as a contractor until he was hired into DA Civilian service with MEDCOM in 2002.
Stevens has seen many changes in the Army and Army Medicine in the last 50 years, from Vietnam to an all volunteer force to Desert Storm and the Balkans to the Global War on Terror. Stevens has been a leader in Army Medicine, supporting the population through reorgs like going from the Health Services Command to MEDCOM and the MEDDAC concept, BRAC 2005 and the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC), all the way up to the HRCoE's realignment from MEDCOM to TRADOC.
As Lt. Gen West said during her remarks, "I cannot imagine an Army Medicine without a Gregg Stevens."
Army Medicine gives a heartfelt and sincere thank you to Mr. Gregg Stevens for his dedication and unwavering support to AMEDD and the HRCoE. He will be sorely missed.
Mr. Jay Harmon, HRCoE G5 has been detailed to serve in the Senior Executive Service position of the Deputy to the Commanding General within the office of the HRCoE CG until a permanent replacement has been named.
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