Command Sergeant Major, 
CSM George L. Foster, Jr.

Command Sergeant Major Foster enlisted in the United States Army as a 68K, Medical Laboratory Technician and attended Basic Combat Training at Fort Moore, Georgia, and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
 
CSM Foster's military education includes all levels of Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Study to include Class 71 of the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy. He has attended numerous functional courses to include Air Assault; Equal Opportunity Leader; Army Emergency Operations; Master Resilience; Advanced Individual Training Platoon Sergeants; First Sergeants; Combatives Level I and II; Battalion Pre-Command; Basic Healthcare Administration Course; and AMEDD Executive Skills.
 
His previous career assignments include: Acting Command Sergeant Major, 61^st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, Fort Cavazos, Texas; Brigade Operations Non Commissioned Officer in Charge, Winn Army Community Hospital, Fort Stewart, Georgia; First Sergeant for Company D “Dragons”, 232^nd Medical Battalion, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas; AIT Platoon Sergeant, D Company, 264^th Medical Battalion, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston; Laboratory NCOIC, Fort Carson Medical Activity, Fort Carson, Colorado, where he deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as the Detachment Sergeant of the 932^nd Blood Support Detachment, Fort Moore; Platoon Sergeant, 95^th BSD, Camp Humphreys, Korea; NCOIC of Blood Operations at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Maryland where he stood up a Blood Donor Center at the Pentagon, while he managed BDCs at the NSA and Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC; and NCOIC Troop Medical Clinic Laboratory, Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
 
CSM Foster’s awards include the Bronze Star Medal; Meritorious Service Medal (four oak leaf clusters); Army Commendation Medal (three oak leaf clusters); Army Achievement Medal (four oak leaf clusters); Army Meritorious Unit Commendation; Army Superior Unit Award; Army Good Conduct Medal (ninth award); National Defense Service Medal (one bronze star); Afghanistan Campaign Medal (two campaign stars); Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal; and Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (numeral five). He has earned the Expert Field Medical Badge; Air Assault Badge; Gold German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency; and is a recipient of the Sergeant Audie Murphy Award.
 
CSM Foster holds an Associate of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Leadership and Workforce Development from the Army Command and General Staff College.