Lieutenant Colonel J. Tyler Garrett

Lieutenant Colonel J. Tyler Garrett took command of U.S. Army Veterinary Readiness Activity, Rheinland-Pfalz 28 May 2024. Prior to this assignment, he served as a Transition Officer and Aide-de-Camp to the 46th Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commanding General, United States Army Medical Command.

He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Middle Tennessee State University in 2007 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant Medical Service Corps Officer in the United States Army. He received a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Healthcare Administration from the Army-Baylor University Graduate Program in Health and Business Administration in 2017. He is a certified Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation’s leading professional society for healthcare leaders.

His military assignments include Executive Officer, Medical Readiness Command, East, Fort Belvoir, Virginia from 2021-2023; Deputy Commander for Administration, Reynolds Army Health Clinic, Fort Sill, Oklahoma from 2019-2021; Chief, Clinical Support Division, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, Kentucky from 2018-2019; Administrative Officer for Primary Care, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, Kentucky from 2017-2018; Assistant Operations Officer, U.S. Army Medical Recruiting Brigade, Fort Knox, Kentucky from 2014-2015; Commander, Charlie (Medical) Company, 201^st Brigade Support Battalion, 3^rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1^st Infantry Division, Fort Knox, Kentucky and Qalat, Afghanistan from 2012-2014; Brigade Personal Security Detail Platoon Leader and Command Group Executive Officer, 2^nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1^st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas and Baqubah, Iraq from 2011-2012; Troop Executive Officer, 4^th Squadron, 9^th U.S. Cavalry, 2^nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1^st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas from 2010-2011; and Medical Platoon Leader, 4^th Squadron, 9^th U.S. Cavalry, 2^nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1^st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas and Kirkuk, Iraq from 2008-2010.

His military awards include the Bronze Star Medal (two Oak Leaf Cluster), Meritorious Service Medal (two Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (two Oak Leaf Clusters), and the Army Achievement Medal (two Oak Leaf Clusters). He has earned the Combat Medical Badge, the Expert Field Medical Badge, the Air Assault Badge, and holds the Army’s O1E additional skill identifier as a certified Knowledge Management Professional. He is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit.

First Sergeant Jennifer L. Dunlap

First Sgt. Jennifer L. Dunlap was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. She enlisted in the United States Army on 10 January 2010 and completed Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, SC followed by her Advanced Individual Training as an Animal Care Specialist (68T) at Fort Sam Houston, TX.

Her assignments include Public Health Command District-Carson, CO where she served and an Animal Care Specialist and deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom 12-13; 7^th Special Forces Group, Eglin AFB, FL, where she served as the Animal Care Sergeant and deployed in 2016 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom; United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School – Special Operations Center Of Excellence, Fort Bragg, NC where she served as the Veterinary section NCOIC and Veterinary Instructor for the Special Operations Combat Medic Course, Special Operations Civil Affairs Medical Sergeant Course, and Special Forces Medical Sergeant course; Veterinary Medical Center Europe Branch, Pulaski Barracks, Germany where she served as the NCOIC and Senior Animal Care Specialist; and her current duty assignment at Veterinary Readiness Activity, Rheinland-Pfalz, Pulaski Barracks, Germany as the first Sergeant.

Her civilian and professional military education includes an Associate of Applied Sciences at the Uniformed Services University, Master Leadership Course, Common Facilitator Developmental Instructor Course, SHARP Course, Airborne School, Animal Care Clinical Proficiency Course, Field Sanitation, Combat Life Savers, and Combatives Level one.

Her awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (2^nd OLC), the Army Commendation Medal (2^nd OLC), the Army Achievement Medal (2^nd OLC), the Public Health Service Commendation Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal (4^th award), the National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon (Numeral 4), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (Numeral 2), NATO Medal, the Army Superior Unit Award, Senior Army Instructor Badge, and the Parachutist Badge.