Leaders

Assistant Surgeon General of Warrior Care and Transition and
Commander of the Warrior Transition Command

Brigadier General Gary H. Cheek currently serves as the Assistant Surgeon General of Warrior Care and Transition and Commander of the Warrior Transition Command in the Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army.

BG Cheek graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1980. His first duty assignment was with the 1st Battalion, 13th Field Artillery (203mm, SF), 24th Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. He served as a Battery Fire Direction Officer, Battery Executive Officer, and Battalion Fire Direction Officer.

After the Officers Advanced Course, BG Cheek was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 28th Field Artillery (155mm, SP), VII Corps Artillery, Ansbach, Germany. He served as the Battalion Fire Direction Officer, Assistant S-3, and Commander of Battery A. He next served as an Instructor in Gunnery at the Canadian Field Artillery School at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, New Brunswick. Canada. After attending the Command and General Staff College, he served as a Plans Officer in G-3, 24th Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia and as the Executive Officer of 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery (155mm, Paladin).

BG Cheek then served as the Field Artillery Branch Representative at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. He then returned to Fort Stewart to command 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, (155mm, Paladin), 3rd Infantry Division. After command, he served as the Senior Fire Support Trainer at the National Training Center. After attending the United States Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pa., he assumed command of the 25th Infantry Division Artillery and subsequently deployed to serve as the commander of Combined Task Force Thunder as part of Combined Joint Task Force 76, Afghanistan.

He then served on the Joint Staff as the chief of the Strategic Planning Division, War on Terrorism Deputy Directorate, J-5 Plans and Policy and then on the Army Staff as the Deputy Director, U.S. Army's Strategy, Plans, Policy and Joint/International Affairs Directorate.

BG Cheek is a graduate of the Field Artillery Officer's Basic and Advanced Courses, the Canadian Instructor in Gunnery Course, the Command and General Staff College, the School of Advanced Military Studies, and the U.S. Army War College to include the Advanced Strategic Arts Program. His awards include the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal with campaign star, the Parachutist and Combat Action Badges, and Ranger Tab.