Landstuhl, Germany, medical
center gets a new commander
By Sean E. Cobb,
Kaiserslautern bureau
Photo by Army Spc
Phillip E. Breedlove Jr.
Army Col. David Rubenstein, left, receives the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center guidon
from Army Brig. Gen. Richard Ursone, Europe Regional Medical Command commander, during a
change of command ceremony July 18. At right is the former commander of the medical
center, Col. Elder Granger. |
LANDSTUHL, Germany — Army Col. David Rubenstein "scrubbed in" to replace
Col. Elder Granger as commander of the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in a ceremony
July 18.
Rubenstein arrives from commanding the 21st Combat Support Hospital, Fort Hood, Texas.
Granger leaves to be the new director of Health Services and Policy for the Army
Surgeon General’s office in Falls Church, Va.
The new commander plans to continue Granger’s leadership policies concerning
health care at the medical center, he said.
"It would be hard to improve on the outstanding leadership of Col. Elder
Granger," Rubenstein said in a press release.
At the ceremony the new commander had a message for the leaders and servicemembers
around Europe.
"I pledge that the Landstuhl health system will continue to be a valued and vital
member of the European-based forward deployed military," he said. "I pledge that
when you need us to care for your soldiers, airmen, seamen, Marines and their families
— we’ll be there."
Rubenstein is taking control of Europe’s largest U.S. medical treatment facility.
The medical center provides primary medical care, hospitalization and treatment for more
than 60,000 personnel in the center’s immediate vicinity, and specialized care for
more than 250,000 personnel as a referral center for the entire European Theater.
Rubenstein formerly was commander of the 21st Combat Support Hospital, Task Force Med
Eagle (Bosnia), 18th Surgical Hospital (MASH), and Headquarters Company, 307th Medical
Battalion (Airborne). Other assignments have been with the 3rd Medical Battalion, 7th
Infantry Regiment, Eisenhower, Madigan, and Beaumont Army Medical Centers, DeWitt Army
Community Hospital, the Office of The Surgeon General and the Academy of Health Sciences.
Rubenstein is a graduate of Texas A&M University and the Army War College. He has a
master’s degree in health administration from Baylor University and a master’s
degree in military art and science from the Army’s Command and General Staff College.
Among his awards and decorations are the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal,
Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal,
Humanitarian Service Medal, NATO Medal, Overseas Ribbon, Military Outstanding Volunteer
Service Medal, and Army Superior Unit Award.
Rubenstein is married to Patricia, and has two children, Sarah and William.
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