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Command Team

Commander/Director

Colonel Jolanda L.J. Walker
Munson Army Health Center


Colonel Jolanda L. J. Walker assumed command of the U.S. Army Medical Department Activity Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Director, Munson Army Health Center, on Aug, 16, 2024.

Col. Walker is a native of Montgomery, Alabama. She is a graduate of Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a minor in Military Science and was a Distinguished Military Graduate. She commissioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officer Training Corps as a Medical Service Corps officer in 1998.

She has served in various leadership and command positions to include: Evacuation Platoon Leader, 560th Medical Company (Ground Ambulance), Camp Humphreys, Korea; Executive Officer, Foxtrot Company, 232nd Medical Battalion, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Company Commander, Alpha Company, 232nd Medical Battalion, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Company Commander, Golf Company, 232nd Medical Battalion, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Instructor and Class Advisor, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School Common Core and Reserve Officer Basic Courses, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Laboratory Manager, Winn Army Community Hospital, Fort Stewart, Georgia; Regional Laboratory Manager, 115th Combat Support Hospital and Task Force-SW Laboratory Manager, Helmand Province, Afghanistan; Chief of Administration, Anatomic Pathology and Deputy Laboratory Manager, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii; Deputy Commanding Officer, Warrior Transition Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas; Commander, Warrior Transition Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas; Executive Officer, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Texas; Executive Officer, Office of the Chief of the Medical Corps, Joint Base San Antonio Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Commander, Troop Command, Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia and the Deputy Regional Laboratory Manager assisting with COVID-19 Laboratory Response for Regional Health Command – Atlantic; Chief of Staff, 18th Medical Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Deputy Commander and Brigade Commander Provisional, 18th Medical Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Col. Walker also serves as the Deputy 71E Consultant for New Accessions and Recruiting.

Col. Walker’s military education includes: Army War College Fellow at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia with an emphasis in Global Food Security, Agrosecurity, Infectious Disease and Population Health; the AMEDD Executive Skills Course; the Command and General Staff College; the AMEDD Officer Advanced and Basic Courses; the Interagency Institute for Federal Healthcare Executives; the Basic Healthcare Administrators Course; the Contract Officer Representatives Course, the Clinical Laboratory Officer Course, the Common Faculty Development - Instructor Training Course, Combatives Level 1, the AMEDD Cadre Training Course, Emergency Medical Technician – Basic Course, and the Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Warfare Course. She holds a Master of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science from Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, and is nationally certified as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist by the American Society for Clinical Pathology.

Col. Walker’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster, National Defense Service Medal with bronze star, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two bronze stars, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, Army Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon with Numeral 2, and the NATO Medal. She also earned the Expert Field Medical Badge and is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit.


 

Sergeant Major

SGM Jason L. Trevino
Munson Army Health Center
Fort Leavenworth, KS

Sergeant Major Jason L. Trevino is a native of Del Rio, Texas. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2003; he completed Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, S.C., and Advanced Individual Training at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

His military education includes the Basic Leader Course, Advanced Leaders Course, Senior Leaders Course, Supervisor Development Course, SHARP Foundation Course, Basic Combatives Course, Tactical Combatives Course, Hearing Conservation Course, Instructor Training Course, First Sergeant and Company Commanders Course, and the Sergeants Major Course (Class 73).

SGM Trevino holds a Bachelor of Behavioral Science (Summa Cum Laude) from Wayland Baptist University and a Master of Science in Organizational Development from the University of the Incarnate Word.

SGM Trevino’s previous assignments include the 95th Military Police Battalion, Mannheim, Germany, 15th Brigade Support Battalion and 115th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; 187th Medical Battalion, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas; Medical Recruiting Brigade, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 40th Military Police Battalion (USDB), Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; 710th Brigade Support Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, Louisiana, and the 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky. 

SGM Trevino served three tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

SGM Trevino’s awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (5th Award), Army Commendation Medal (6th Award), Army Achievement Medal (7th Award), Good Conduct Medal (6th award), Iraq Campaign Medal (3 Bronze Service Stars), Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon (4th award), Overseas Service Ribbon (numeral 4), Drivers Badge (wheeled), and the Silver German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge. He is a member of the Order of the Muleskinner (inductee #54) and the Honorable Order of the Kentucky Colonel.


Commander, DENTAC

Major Yu-Sheng (David) Chen
U.S. Army Dental Clinic Command
Fort Leavenworth, KS


Major Yu-Sheng (David) Chen took command of the U.S. Army Dental Clinic, Fort Leavenworth, KS, July 20, 2023. MAJ Chen was raised in Taiwan; in 2004, at the age of 18, he moved to United States as first-generation immigrant. In 2008, he graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology.

In 2015, MAJ Chen earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Loma Linda School of Dentistry in Loma Linda, California. In 2015, he graduated from dental school with the Health Professions Scholarship Program and received his commission in the United States Army Dental Corps. In 2019, he finished his two year AEGD (Bravo) program at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. MAJ Chen was board-certified in 2021.
 
MAJ Chen’s following assignments include: general dentist, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Dental Health Activity, 2015-2017; command dentist, Area Support Group - Kuwait, 2019-2020; and brigade comprehensive dentist, 512th Field Hospital, Rhein Ordnance Barracks, Germany, 2020-2023.
 
MAJ Chen’s professional military education includes the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Joint Forces Combat Trauma Management Course, Brigade Health Care Provider Course, Dental Management Development Course, and the Army Medical Department’s Officer Basic and Advanced Courses. MAJ Chen is a certified NATO medical evaluator and Casualty Notification Officer.

MAJ Chen’s awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Achievement Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Armed Forces Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal with one Bronze Service Star, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon with Numeral 2, and the Meritorious Unit Commendation.

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