Larry D. Cade

Colonel Larry D. Cade was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Medical Service Corps upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 2-87, 16 April 1987. His first duty assignment was as Medical Platoon Leader, 4/27th Infantry Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. | His subsequent assignments include: Healthcare Administrator, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii; Healthcare Administrator, Medical Diagnostic Imaging Detachment, Fort Detrick, Maryland; Telemedicine Project Leader, 86th Combat Support Hospital, Somalia, Africa; Company Commander, Medical Equipment & Optical School, Denver, Colorado; Company Commander, U.S. Army Dental Activity, Fort Hood, Texas; Executive Officer, Great Plains Regional Dental Command, Fort Hood, Texas; Chief, Clinical Support, Bayne-Jones Army Hospital, Fort Polk, Louisiana; Deputy Corps Surgeon, III Corps , Fort Hood, Texas; Deputy Surgeon, Multi National Corps Iraq (MNCI) Baghdad, Iraq; Executive Officer, Chief, U.S. Army Dental Corps, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Executive Officer, 32nd Medical Brigade, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Chief, Department of Health Services Administration, Academy of Health Sciences, Army Medical Department Center and School, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. | Colonel Cade's military awards and decorations include: Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (6 Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Commendation Medal (2 Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Achievement Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Citation, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Ribbon, Combat Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, and the Expert Field Medical Badge, Order of Military Medical Merit Recipient.