Health Services Command was activated on 1 April 1973 as part ofreorganizing the Army Medical Department. It took control of almost allArmy medical facilities in the continental US, including medicaleducation. It answered directly to the Chief of Staff of the Army. This allowed the Office of The Surgeon General to focus more on staff andtechnical supervisory duties as the principal adviser to the Chief of Staff ofthe Army on health and medical matters. In 1994, the HSC and Office of TheSurgeon General were merged again.
Major General Spurgeon Neel, April 1973 - October 1977 
Major General Marshall E. McCabe October 1977 - April 1980
Major General Raymond H. Bishop, Jr., April 1980 - July 1983
Major General Floyd W. Baker, July 1983 - July 1986
Major General Tracey E. Strevey, Jr., July 1986 - September 1988
Major General John E. Major, September 1988 0 28 December 1990
Major General Alcide M. Lanoue, December 1990 - August 1992
Brigadier General John J. Cuddy, August 1992 - October 1992
Major General Richard D. Cameron, November 1992 - October 1994
