LaCamera was commissioned a second lieutenant upon graduation from the
United States Military Academy in 1985. He served as rifle platoon leader with C Company, 3d Battalion (Airborne), 504th Infantry,
82nd Airborne Division. Later he served as Company commander, 4th Ranger Training Battalion, Ranger Training Brigade, Operations Officer, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 2d Infantry Division and Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. From February 2001 to May 2003, he commanded the 1st Battalion,
87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division (Light), which deployed as part of
Operation Anaconda to Afghanistan during which he was awarded the
Silver Star. LaCamera then took command of the
3d Battalion,
75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, Georgia from June 2003 to May 2004. Lacamera graduated from College of Naval Warfare,
Naval War College located at Newport, Rhode Island in June 2005 before taking command of the
75th Ranger Regiment from August 2005 to August 2007. Following this command, he became the Director of Operations,
Joint Special Operations Command from 2007 to 2009. In 2009, he became the Assistant Commanding General,
Joint Special Operations Command. From 2010 to 2012, LaCamera served as the Deputy Commanding General (Operations),
25th Infantry Division. He later served as commanding general XVIII Airborne Corps and commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve. ==Family and personal life==