Henry O. Tuell, MS, MHA

Class 1978-80

BS, Univ. Oklahoma, Norman, OK
MS, Ball State Univ., Munci, IN
MHA, Baylor Univ., Waco, TX, 1980
Industrial College of the Armed Forces

Resident, Ft. Carson, CO, 1979-80

Biography

Colonel Henry 0. Tuell III assumed command of the United States Army Garrison, Fort Detrick on 29 August 1995. This command followed his assignment as Chief of Staff, United States Army Medical Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Colonel Tuell's career highlights include: Chief, Medical Service Corps Branch, Health Services Division, Directorate of Officer Personnel Management, U.S. Total Army Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia; Chief, Manpower Division, Directorate of Health Care Operations, Office of The Surgeon General, Falls Church, Virginia; Assistant to the Chief, Medical Service Corps, Office of The Surgeon General, Washington, D.C.; Commander, 56th Medical Battalion, Fort Ord, California; Chief, Command and Field Branch, Army Medical Department Personnel Support Agency, Washington, D.C. Colonel Tuell served three separate assignments at Fort Carson, Colorado, as Commander, 571st Medical Detachment and Chief, Clinical Support Division and Administrative Resident, U.S. Army Medical Department Activity. Colonel Tuell served overseas as Commander and Maintenance Officer, 63d Medical Detachment, Landstuhl, Germany. After a tour in Vietnam as Medical Evacuation Platoon Leader, 1st Cavalry Division, he became Operations Officer, Brooke Army Medical Center Flight Detachment, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Colonel Tuell earned a bachelor of science in microbiology at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Medical Service Corps. He holds a master of science in psychological counseling, Ball State University Muncie, Indiana, and a master of hospital administration, Baylor University Waco, Texas. He is a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College and Industrial College of the Armed Forces. His awards and decorations include The Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross with five Oak Leaf Clusters, the Soldier's Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, the Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Medal and the Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. He is a Master Aviator.

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