MAJOR GENERAL JAMES E. CHAMBERS

Major General James E. Chambers assumed duties as the Commanding General, United States Army Combined Arms Support Command and Fort Lee, Fort Lee, VA on 3 June 2008.  MG Chambers was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Defense Artillery in February 1979. 

     MG Chambers holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Physical Education from Southeastern Oklahoma State University and an MBA in Logistics Management from the Florida Institute of Technology.  His military education includes the Air Defense Artillery Officer Basic Course and the Transportation Advance Course, the Command and General Staff College, and the Army War College.

     Prior to his current assignment, MG Chambers served in a variety of command and staff assignments, most recently, as the Commanding General/Commandant, U.S. Army Transportation Center and School, Fort Eustis, VA from October 2006 to July 2008.  He served as the Headquarters Department of the Army, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 from June 2005 to September 2006 and the Commanding General of the 13th Corps Support Command, based at Fort Hood, TX, and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, from January 2004 to January 2005. 
     His other command assignments include Commander of the 475th Light/Medium Transportation Company and Commander of Alpha Company, 193d Support Battalion, 193d Infantry Brigade, Fort Clayton Panama; Commander, 27th Main Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, TX; and Commander 7th Corps Support Group, V Corps, USAREUR, Germany.

     MG Chambers’ key Joint and Army staff positions include Redeye Section Leader and Maintenance Officer, 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 6th Cavalry Brigade (Air Combat) Fort Hood, TX; Supply Field Service Operations Officer, 324th Support Group, 193d Infantry Brigade, Fort Clayton, Panama; Space Concepts Analyst, US Army Space Institute, Fort Leavenworth, KS; Division Transportation Officer, 3rd Infantry Division, USAREUR, Germany; Plans Officer, VII Corps in OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD/STORM, Saudi Arabia; Transportation Staff Officer, USTRANSCOM, Scott AFB, IL; Deputy Commander, 7th Transportation Group, Fort Eustis, VA; Chief, Maintenance Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, US Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; and Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, US Army, Washington, DC.

Among MG Chambers’ awards and decorations are the Legion of Merit with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Army Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service and Expeditionary Medals, Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon, Kuwait Liberation Medals and the Army Staff Badge.