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.