Colonel Anastasia M. McKay

U.S. Army Medical Service Corps

Colonel Anastasia M. McKay is a board-certified Family Medicine Medical Corps  officer.  She received her commission upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Psychology. She subsequently attended medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences where she graduated with a Doctor of Medicine in 2005.  She completed a transitional year internship at Eisenhower Army Medical Center in 2006 with a concentration in Aerospace Medicine and completed a Family Medicine Residency at Tripler Army Medical Center in 2008. 

COL McKay’s previous assignments include Battalion Flight Surgeon, 3-101 Aviation Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky (2008-2010); Medical Director, Katterbach Army Medical Clinic, Ansbach Germany (2010-2012); Battalion Surgeon, 98^th Civil Affairs Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina (2014-2016), Command Surgeon, Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky (2016-2018); Division Surgeon, 82^nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina (2018-2019), Troop Commander, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina (2019-2021; Deputy Director for Readiness Health Integration, G3/5/7, for the Office of the Surgeon General, Falls Church, Virginia (2022-2023), Staff Physician and Systems Integrator, A.T. Augusta Military Medical Center, Fort Belvoir, VA (2023-2024), and Command Surgeon for the 21^st Theater Sustainment Command, Kaiserslautern, Germany (2024-2025).

COL McKay completed the 2023-2024 Massachusett’s Institute of Technology Seminar XXI program fellowship education national security leaders and has completed the Interagency Health Institute for Federal Health Leaders.  She graduated with honors from the Army War College in 2022 earning a master’s in strategic studies and the Army Command and General Staff College in 2013 earning a master’s in military arts and science. She also holds a Master of Business Administration from Webster University and is a certified Lean-Six-Sigma greenbelt. Additional military training includes the AMEDD Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Army Flight Surgeon Course, Medical Review Officer Course, Basic Health Care Administrator’s Course, Executive Skills Course, and How the Army Runs Course. She is a certified teaching facilitator for Arbinger and TeamStepps and a trained Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner.

Sergeant Major Antoine J. Brisson

Sergeant Major Antoine J. Brisson was born in North Miami, Florida. He enlisted in the United States Army on 02 March 2007 and attended Basic Combat Training (BCT) at Fort Benning, GA. He completed Medical Laboratory Technician (68K) Military Occupational Skills Advanced Individual Training at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), Fort Sam Houston, TX (Phase I) and Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA (Phase II) in April 2008.

His past assignments include Medical Laboratory Specialist, Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), JBSA-FSH, TX; Squad Leader and Medical Laboratory NCOIC, C Co, 307th BSB, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Liberty, NC; Phase II MLT Coordinator and Clinical Pathology (CP) NCOIC, Evans Army Community Hospital (EACH), Fort Carson, CO; Senior AIT Platoon Sergeant, C Co, 232nd Medical Battalion, JBSA-FSH, TX; First Sergeant, D Co, 232nd Medical Battalion, JBSA-FSH, TX; Department of Pathology NCOIC, USA MEDDAC, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital (BACH), Fort Campbell, KY.

His civilian and professional military education includes an Associate of Science, George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science in Health Science, Trident at American InterContinental University. NCO Professional Development Courses: Basic Leader Course, Advanced Leader Course, Senior Leader Course, Master Leader Course, and graduate of the Sergeant Major Course Class 73. Military Courses: Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System (JBAIDS) Course, US Army Airborne School, Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) Course, Air Movement Operator (AMO) Course, USAF Airlift Planner Course, Technical Transportation of Hazardous Materials Course, Combat Lifesaver Course, US Army Air Assault School, Master Resiliency Trainer (MRT) Course, AIT Platoon Sergeant Course, Master Fitness Trainer (MFT) Course, and Company Commander’s and First Sergeant’s Course.

His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (4th award), Army Commendation Medal (5th award), Army Achievement Medal (8th award), US Army Good Conduct Medal (5th award), National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (numeral 5), NATO Medal (ISAF) and the Driver’s Badge.

He has earned the Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB), is a recipient of the Order of Military Medical Merit (O2M3), and a member of the prestigious Sergeant Audie Murphy Club (SAMC).