Raymond V. Mason retired from the United States Army in 2014, after serving 35 years, the last 12 as a General Officer. At retirement, he was the senior military logistics officer in the Department of the Army.

General Mason served as the CEO, Army Emergency Relief (AER) from 2016 to 2022. AER is the Army’s own Non-Profit providing over $70 Million in financial assistance to nearly 50 K Soldiers annually.

General Mason was the COO for Vision Technologies Systems (VTS) from 2014-2016. VTS is a US based global company with $1.2 B in annual revenue. VTS owns 12 companies with business interests in Aerospace, Shipbuilding, Ground Systems and Electronics.

General Mason’s last tour on active duty was as the Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics on the Army Staff. General Mason assumed this position in November 2011. In this capacity he was responsible for the world-wide sustainment of Total Army forces across the full range of supply chain management, maintenance, transportation, operational contracting, contingency basing, operational energy and information technology systems. In this position General Mason served as the Chairman of three boards: Army Depot Maintenance; Army Uniform; Army & Air Force Exchange Service; and as a member of the Defense Commissary Agency Board.

Prior to his duties at the Pentagon, General Mason served as the Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia. FORSCOM is the Army’s largest and most diverse field command, comprising over 800K Soldiers, providing trained and ready forces to Combatant Commanders across the globe.

During his military career, General Mason commanded and led logistics and multi-functional units from the platoon to the national level, across the full range of Army combat and joint operational capabilities. He also had extensive experience in strategic level logistics, including a tour as the Deputy Director for Logistics, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

He served multiple overseas tours in Germany, Australia, Korea and Hawaii. Combat tours included serving as the 82d Airborne Support Command Operations Officer in Grenada; and as the Senior Logistics Officer in 3d Army, with responsibility for providing sustainment to combat forces in Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa.

His command billets include Services Company, Sydney Australia; 407th Forward Support Battalion, 82d Airborne Division; Support Command, 25th Infantry Division; Defense Supply Center, Defense Logistics Agency, Philadelphia, PA; 19th Expeditionary Support Command, Korea; and 8th Theater Support Command, Hawaii, where he was also the Senior Mission Commander overseeing all Army Hawaii missions.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Management & Marketing from James Madison University (78); a Master of Science in Procurement & Acquisition Management from Florida Institute of Technology (86); and a Master of Science in Strategic Resource Management from the National Defense University (99).

General Mason currently resides in Fernandina Beach, FL with his wife of 44 years, the former Patti Kay Harris of Williamsburg, Va. They have two children, Nick a professional golfer from Denver Colorado, and Sarah who works for the RedHat Corporation and lives in England with her husband Jan.