Dennis Joe Reimer was born 12 July 1939 and grew up in Medford, Oklahoma; graduated from the U.S. Military Academy and commissioned a second lieutenant, June 1962; graduated from the field artillery officer orientation course, Fort Sill, 1962; married Mary Jo Powers, 28 December 1962; completed ranger and airborne training, Fort Benning, 1962–1963; served as assistant executive officer and executive officer, 20th Artillery, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized), 1963–1964; promoted to temporary first lieutenant, December 1963; served as assistant battalion adviser, Advisory Team 60, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1964–1965; promoted to permanent first lieutenant and temporary captain, June 1965 and November 1965, respectively; attended artillery officer advanced course, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Fort Bliss, Texas, 1965–1966; commanded Company C, 11th Battalion, 3d Brigade, U.S. Army Training Center, Fort Benning, 1966–1967; served as aide-de-camp to the commandant, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia, 1967–1968; promoted to temporary major and permanent captain, September 1968 and June 1969, respectively; served as executive officer and S–3, 2d Battalion, 4th Artillery, 9th Infantry Division, U.S. Army, Vietnam, 1968–1970; was instructor at U.S. Army Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, 1970; attended U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1970–1971; served as personnel management officer, Assignment Section, Field Artillery Branch, Office of Personnel Operations, Wash., D.C., 1971–1972; was assistant executive officer and aide to the chief of staff, U.S. Army, General Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., 1972–1974; served as executive officer and S–3 (Operations and Training), Division Artillery, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Carson, 1975–1976; promoted to temporary lieutenant colonel and permanent major, June 1975 and June 1976, respectively; commanded 1st Battalion, 27th Artillery, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Carson, 1976–1978; was commandant, Training Command, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Carson, 1978; attended U.S. Army War College, 1978–1979; received Master of Arts degree from Shippensburg State College, 1979; promoted to temporary colonel, August 1979; served as deputy commander and later special assistant to the commander, V Corps Artillery, U.S. Army, Europe, 1979–1980; commanded Division Artillery, 8th Infantry (Mechanized), U.S. Army, Europe, 1980–1982; promoted to permanent colonel, March 1982; served as chief of staff, 8th Infantry Division (Mechanized), U.S. Army, Europe, 1982–1983; was deputy assistant commandant, Field Artillery Center and School, Fort Sill, 1983–1984; promoted to permanent brigadier general, September 1984; was commanding general, III Corps Artillery, Fort Sill, 1984–1986; served as chief of staff, U.S. Army Element, Combined Field Army, Republic of Korea 1986; was assistant chief of staff, C3/J3, Republic of Korea/U.S. Combined Forces Command, 1986–1988; promoted to major general, September 1987; commanded 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Carson, 1988–1990; promoted to permanent lieutenant general, July 1990; was deputy chief of staff for operations and plans, U.S. Army, and Army senior member, Military Staff Committee, United Nations, Wash., D.C., 1990–1991; promoted to general, June 1991; served as vice chief of staff, U.S. Army, Wash., D.C., 1991–1993; served as commanding general, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort McPherson, 1993–1995; became chief of staff of the U.S. Army, 20 June 1995.

The Artist

Scott Davis was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1956. He began his career in photography in 1977 as an Army photojournalist stationed at the Pentagon, where he photographed ceremonies and visiting dignitaries for the Army and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1989 as a free-lance photographer. In 1993 he returned to the Pentagon and became the Army’s official portrait photographer. His subjects include senior military and Department of Defense officials.

Dennis Joe Reimer
By Scott Davis
Photographic Portrait, 1995
 

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