JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas  –   Brooke Army Medical Center held a change of command ceremony June 21 to bid farewell to one leader and welcome another.

On the field in front of the Garden entrance to the hospital, Army Brig. Gen. Deydre Teyhen relinquished command of BAMC to Army Col. Mark Stackle. Army Brig. Gen. E. Darrin Cox, Medical Readiness Command, West commanding general, was the presiding officer for the ceremony.

Cox praised Teyhen for her leadership, noting that she wore multiple hats during her time at Joint Base San Antonio. In addition to being the commanding general of BAMC, Teyhen also served as the deputy market director of the Defense Health Agency’s San Antonio Market and the 20th chief of the U.S. Army Medical Specialist Corps.

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