Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, from 1999 to 2000 followed by assignments as the Command Surgeon for the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) from July 2000 to March 2001, and Commander of the 30th Medical Brigade headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, from April 2001 to June 2002. In August 2002, The Army Surgeon General appointed General Schoomaker to the position of Chief of the Army Medical Corps. Prior to commanding at Fort Detrick, he was the Commanding General of the Southeast Regional Medical Command/Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center from June 2002 to June 2005. Schoomaker was then the commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command at Fort Detrick until March 2007. From March until December 11, 2007, he was commander of the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command and Walter Reed Army Medical Center. From December 11, 2007, to December 5, 2011, Schoomaker served as the 42nd Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commanding General, United States Army Medical Command. He currently teaches at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Legacy Schoomaker has been honored with the Order of Military Medical Merit and the "A" proficiency designator and holds the Expert Field Medical Badge. Personal life Schoomaker has three children. Awards and decorations References External links International Herald Tribune Interview with Eric Schoomaker US Army Biography 1948 births Living people Military personnel from Detroit American people of Dutch descent United States Army generals Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) Recipients of the Legion of Merit Duke University alumni Surgeons General of the United States Army United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni Recipients of the Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr United States Army War College alumni University of Michigan Medical School alumni