COLONEL JOHN ALVIN BECKER

COLONEL JOHN ALVIN BECKER...

...was born in Aberdeen, Maryland in 1952. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1974 as a Distinguished Military Graduate with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biology, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. In 1984, he was awarded a Master’s Degree in Health Care Administration from Baylor University. His military education includes:

Army Medical Department Officer Basic course
Army Rotary Wing Aviator Course
Aircraft Maintenance Officer Test Pilot Course
Air Transportability Planning Course
Essential Medical Training for AMEDD Aviators Course
Medical Logistics Management Course
Army Medical Department Officer Advanced Course
U.S. Army-Baylor Masters Degree Program in Health Care Administration
Command and General Staff College
and the U.S. Army War College.

Colonel Becker’s major duty assignments include:

Medical Platoon Leader, 3/39^th Infantry Battalion, Fort Lewis, Washington
Flight Operations Officer, 247^th Medical Detachment (AA), Fort Meade, Maryland
Aircraft Maintenance Officer, 283^rd Medical Detachment (AA), Fort Wainwright, Alaska
Health Care Administrative Resident, Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning Georgia
Flight Operations Officer, 498^th Medical Company (AA), Fort Benning, Georgia
Chief, Clinical Support Division, Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia
Battalion S2/S3, 421^st Medical Battalion (EVAC), Nellingen Barracks, Germany
Commander, 63^rd Medical Detachment (AA), Landstuhl, Germany
Commander, 236^th Medical Company (AA), Landstuhl, Germany and Saudi Arabia
Deputy Commander, U.S. Army Health Facility Planning Agency, Office of the Surgeon General, Washington, DC
Battalion Commander, 21^st Combat Support Hospital, 1^st Medical Group, 13^th Corps Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas
Chief, Plans and Operations; Deputy Director, Tricare Mid-Atlantic Region 2, Norfolk, Virginia
Deputy Commander for Administration, U.S. Army Medical Department Activity/McDonald Army Community Hospital, Fort Eustis, Virginia
Assistant Chief of Staff for Installations, Environment, and Facility Management, HQ, U.S. Army Medical Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Health Facility Planning Consultant to The Surgeon General.

His military decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medial with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Achievement Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal with two Bronze Service Stars, Kuwait Liberation Medal, and Senior Aviator Badge. He has also been awarded the Order of Military Medical Merit by the U.S. Army Medical Department. He is a Certified Healthcare Executive in the American College of Healthcare Executives.