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 Dana M. Cavazos

First Sergeant Dana Marie Cavazos hails from Livingston Manor, New York. She enlisted in the United States Army in 2006 and completed Basic Comat training at Fort Jackson, SC. She went to complete Advanced Individual Training as a 68K Medical Laboratory Specialist at Fort Sam Houston, TX (Phase I) and Ireland Army Community Hospital, Fort Knox, KY (Phase II).

Her assignments include Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), JBSA-FSH, TX, where she served as a Medical Laboratory Specialist; Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), HI, where she served as a Medical Laboratory NCO in the Armed Services Blood Program and as the Anatomic Pathology and Morgue NCOIC; 210^th BSB, 2BCT, 10^th MTN DIV, Fort Drum, NY, where she served as the Ancillary Squad Leader, Headquarters Platoon Sergeant and deployed in support of Operation Freedom Sentinel in 2018 and served as the Ancillary Squad Leader and Laboratory NCO; A Co., 264^th MED BN, JBSA-FSH, TX, where she served as the Chemistry Senior Course Manager for the 68K10 and HM 506 Medical Laboratory Technician Programs; HQ Co., MRB-RP, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), Germany as the Department of Pathology NCOIC and as the LRMC Adjutant; and her current duty assignment Veterinary Readiness Activity, Rheinland-Pfalz, Pulaski Barracks, Germany as the First Sergeant.

Her civilian and professional military education includes a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science and Technology from Thomas Edison State University, and an Associate of Science from the George Washington University. Her military education includes the Master Leader Course (MLC), Senior Leader Course (SLC), Advanced Leaders Course (ALC), Basic Leader Course (BLC, Lean Leader Course, Equal Opportunity Leaders Course (EOL), Unit Prevention Leader Course (UPL), Common Faculty Development- Instructor Course (CFD-IC), Cadre Training Course (CTC), Technical Transportation of Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT), Combat Life Savers (CLS), Total Army Retention Course, Air assault, Combatives I, II, III.

Her Awards include the Meritorious Service Medal; the Army Commendation Medal (“C” Device and 3^rd OLC); the Army Achievement Medal (“C” Device and 4^th OLC); The Army Good Conduct Medal (6^th Award); the National Defense Service Ribbon; the Afghanistan Campaign Medal; the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; the Armed Forces Service Medal; the Military Outstanding Service Medal; the Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (Numeral 4); the Army Service Ribbon; the Overseas service Ribbon (2^nd Award); the NATO Medal. Her unit awards include the Army Superior Unit Award and the Meritorious Unit Commendation. She has also earned Air Assault Badge and the Basic Army Instructor Badge. Her Foreign badges include the German Armed Forces Badge for military proficiency Gold (GAFB), the Norwegian Foot March Badge, and the Schuzenschnur in Gold.  She has earned the Presidential Volunteer Service Award in Bronze, Silver, Gold and Lifetime Achievement medals and is a proud member of the Order of Military Medical Merit (O2M3).