Leadership

Colonel Warren A. Stewart
Commander
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

Colonel Warren A. Stewart assumed Command of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, on June 26, 20​25.

COL Warren Stewart received his commission from the University of Kansas Reserve Officer Training Corps Program as a Distinguished Military Graduate and received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Washburn University in 1998. He earned a Master of Science Degree in the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist Program in Trauma, Critical Care, and Emergency Nursing from the University of Maryland, Baltimore and a Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Duke University. He is board certified as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care Nurse Specialist, and is a Certified Emergency Nurse.

COL Stewart’s military education and training include the Army Drill Sergeant Academy, and he was the Distinguished Graduate from the Intermediate Level Education Course. COL Stewart
completed the US Army War College National Security Fellowship Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Some of COL Stewart’s key commissioned assignments include Staff Nurse, Department of Operational and Emergency Medicine, (WRAMC); Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University; Brigade Combat Team Nurse, C/125th FSB, 3BCT/1AD, Ft. Riley KS with deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom I; CNOIC of the EMT and Chief Flight Nurse, Task Force 28th Combat Support Hospital, Ft Bragg, NC and Tallil, Iraq; Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Emergency Medicine, Womack Army Medical Center, Ft. Bragg, NC; Army Research Fellow, RAND Arroyo Center, Santa Monica, CA; Clinical Operations FORSCOM Surgeon Directorate. Chief, Clinical Operations, CJTF-OIR, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait and Iraq; the Commander of the 2nd Medical Recruiting Battalion; Assistant Deputy, Medical Affairs for the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Manpower and Reserve Affairs. Additionally, he served as the commander of Moncrief Army Health Clinic, Fort Jackson, SC. Most recently, he served as the chief of staff for the Medical Readiness Command, East, Fort Belvoir, VA.

Some of COL Stewart’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit (with one Oak Leaf Cluster), the Meritorious Service Medal (with seven Oak Leaf clusters), the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal (with “Valor” device and four Oak Leaf clusters), the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal (with six Oak Leaf clusters), Master Combat Medical Badge, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Combat Medical Badge, the Army Staff Badge, the Drill Sergeant Identification Badge, and the Gold Recruiter Badge. He also holds the OTSG 9A proficiency designator and is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit.

COL Stewart is married to the former Lori Lynn Wempe of Topeka, Kansas. They have a daughter, Kelsey Moston and two grandsons, Hunter, and Colt Moston.

Command Sgt. Maj. Jorge L. Oquendo
Command Sergeant Major
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center 

Command Sgt. Maj. Jorge Oquendo assumed responsibility as the Command Sergeant Major of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, on August 29, 2024. 

CSM Oquendo entered the U.S. Army from Cataño, Puerto Rico. He attended Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and graduated from Advanced Individual Training as a Mental Health Specialist at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He previously served as the Command Sergeant Major for the 30th Medical Brigade, Sembach, Germany, and the 47th Combat Support Hospital and the 29th Hospital Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord Washington. His assignments include serving as the Chief Clinical SGM, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon Georgia; Medical Operations NCO at US Army Africa, Vicenza, Italy; First Sergeant, Senior Healthcare NCO for the Deputy Commander for Clinical Services and Education Division NCOIC at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany; Detachment Sergeant, 212th Medical Detachment (Combat Stress Control), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Tallil, Iraq (Operation New Dawn); Mosul, Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom); Drill Sergeant and AIT Platoon Sergeant, Echo Co. 232nd Medical Battalion, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; NCOIC, Department of Psychiatry, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC; Prevention Team Sergeant, 85th Medical Detachment (CSC), Fort Hood, Texas; Team Leader, Charlie Co., 702nd Main Support Battalion, Camp Casey, Korea; Mental Health Specialist, Charlie Co., 710th Main Support Battalion, Fort Drum, New York. 

CSM Oquendo’s military education spans all levels of NCO Professional Development System to include the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy, Class 68. He has also completed the Brigade and Battalion Pre-Command Course, AMEDD Executive Skills Course, Joint Medical Operations Course, Basic Healthcare Administrator’s Course, Master Resiliency Trainer Course, Battle Staff NCO Course, Pathfinder’s Course, Air Assault School, Drill Sergeant School, Drug and Alcohol Group Counseling Course, Advanced Counseling Course, Combat Operational Stress Control Course, Traumatic Event Management Course, NBC Defense Course, Retention NCO Course, Critical Incident Stress Management (Individual, Peer and Group Intervention Course) and various other professional development courses. 

His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal, the Korean Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, the Non-Commissioned Officers Development Ribbon, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon, the Meritorious Unit Citation and the Army Superior Unit Award. He was also awarded the Pathfinders Badge, the Air Assault Badge, the Drill Sergeant Badge, the Driver and Mechanic Badge, and the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge in Silver. CSM Oquendo is a recipient of the U.S. Army Medical Department’s Order of Military Medical Merit and holds a Masters of Arts in Christian Ministry and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Social Sciences and Christian Counseling.