George W . Weightman Major General George W . Weightman was a U . S . Army Family Medicine physician who was commander of the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command and Walter Reed Army Medical Center ( WRAMC ) . He was relieved of his WRAMC command on March 1 , 2007 , in the wake of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal . He took command of the U . S . Army Medical Research and Materiel Command in November 2007 and retired from active duty on 31 March 2009 . Biography . Weightman is a native of Eden Mills , Vermont . He received his Bachelor of Science Degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point , New York in 1973 and was commissioned as a Lieutenant of Infantry and stationed at Schofield Barracks , Hawaii , where he served in the 1st Battalion , 35th Infantry , 25th Infantry Division . He was awarded a Doctorate of Medicine degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine in 1982 and completed his Family Practice residency training at Eisenhower Army Medical Center , Fort Gordon , Georgia . He was then assigned to Keller Army Community Hospital at West Point , New York , where he served as Chief , Department of Primary Care and Community Medicine . In 1989 , he became the 82nd Airborne Division Surgeon and served with the All Americans during Operations Just Cause and Desert Shield / Storm . Subsequently , he served as Family Practice Residency Director at Womack Army Medical Center before commanding the Medical Element , Joint Task Force Bravo , Soto Cano , Honduras . He then commanded the McDonald Army Community Hospital , Fort Eustis , Virginia and the 30th Medical Brigade in Heidelberg , Germany . In July 1999 , he became the Chief of the Medical Corps Branch at United States Army Personnel Command , Alexandria , Virginia . From May 2002 to October 2002 , MG Weightman served as Assistant Surgeon General for Force Projection and then he was the Commanding General , 3rd Medical Command ( Forward ) , and Coalition Forces Land Component Command Surgeon for Operation Iraqi Freedom . He later served as Commanding General , 44th Medical Command / Corps Surgeon , XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg , North Carolina . MG Weightman assumed command of the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command and Walter Reed Army Medical Center on August 25 , 2006 . He served as the Commander , U . S . Army Medical Department Center and School and Fort Sam Houston , San Antonio , Texas from August 2004 until July 2006 . He commanded the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington , D . C . from 25 August 2006 until 1 March 2007 when he was relieved of command in the wake of the Walter Reed neglect scandal over conditions at the medical center . He took command of the U . S . Army Medical Research and Materiel Command in November 2007 . Additional military schools include the Infantry Officer Basic \ Advanced Courses , the Army Medical Department Officer Basic \ Advanced Courses , Airborne and Jumpmaster Schools , the United States Army Command and General Staff College , and the United States Army War College . Weightman is board certified by the American Board of Family Practice and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Family Physicians . Weightman is married to the former Joan Peters from Youngstown , Ohio . They have three children . The Army announced it had relieved of command Maj . Gen . Weightman , a physician who had headed the Walter Reed Army Medical Center for only six months . In a brief announcement , the Army said service leaders had " lost trust and confidence " in Weightman ' s leadership abilities " to address needed solutions for soldier outpatient care . " It said the decision to fire him was made by Secretary of the Army Francis J . Harvey . " I endorse the decision by Secretary of the Army Fran Harvey to relieve the Commander , Major General George W . Weightman of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center . The care and welfare of our wounded men and women in uniform demand the highest standard of excellence and commitment that we can muster as a government . When this standard is not met , I will insist on swift and direct corrective action and , where appropriate , accountability up the chain of command . " - Defense Secretary Robert Gates . Decorations and Badges . The Expert Infantryman Badge Expert Field Medical Badge , Senior Parachutist Badge with combat star , Honduran Parachutist Badge he is also a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit .