Background
Dempsey, Martin E. was born in 1952.
Dempsey, Martin E. was born in 1952.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy. Master of Arts, Duke University, 1984. MMAS, United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1988.
Master of Science in National Security and Strategic Studies, National Defense University, 1996.
Advanced through grades to general United States Army, 2008. Platoon leader B Troop, 1st Squadron, 2d Armored Cavalry United States Army Europe & 7th Army (United States Army Europe), Germany, 1975—1976, support platoon leader Germany, 1976—1977, S-1 Germany, 1977—1978, executive officer 4th Battalion, 67th Armor, 3d Armored Division Germany, 1988—1989, S-3 ops to executive officer, 1989—1991, Operations Dessert Shield/Storm, Saudi Arabia, 1989—1991, Commander 4th Battalion, 67th Armor, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division Germany, 1991—1993, commanding general 1st Armored Division Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003—2004, commanding general 1st Armored Division Germany, 2004—2005. Motor officer 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry, 4th Infantry Division United States Army, Fort Carson, Colorado, 1979—1980, Commander A Troop, 1980, S-3 ops, 1980—1981, Commander Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1981—1982.
Chief Armor Branch, Combat Arms Division Officer Personnel Management Directorate, United States Total Army Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia, 1993—1995. Commander 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment United States Army, Fort Carson, Colorado, 1996—1998. Assistant deputy director Politico-Military Affairs, Europe and Africa Joint Staff (J-5), Washington, 1998—1999, special assistant to chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1999—2001.
Program manager Saudi Arabian National Guard Modernization Program, 2001—2003. Commander Multinational Security Transition Commissioned, Iraq, 2005—2007. Deputy Commander United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), MacDil Air Force Base, Florida, 2007—2008, acting Commander, 2008.
Commanding general United States Army Training & Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Fort Monroe, Virginia, since 2008. Instructor to assistant professor Department English United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1984—1987.
