DeCA names new public health and safety director

FORT LEE, Va. Army Col. David Schuckenbrock is DeCA's new director of public health and safety, Defense Commissary Agency officials announced. He replaces Col. Perry Chumley, who is now assigned to Fort Bragg, N.C.

Schuckenbrock reported to DeCA Aug. 7 from San Antonio, where he served as commander, Great Plains Regional Veterinary Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. As DeCA's director of public health and safety, he is responsible for leading a staff that plans and implements the agency's consumer health and safety programs.

"DeCA is responsible for providing the safest product and shopping environment possible for our customers," said DeCA director and ceo Philip Sakowitz Jr. "We are confident that with his experience Colonel Schuckenbrock will maintain the agency's high standards as a safe food source for DoD."