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.