32d Medical Brigade Commander

 

COL Williams’ served as the Medical Platoon Leader for 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment (Manchu), 2nd Brigade (Strike), 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Hovey, Korea.

 

After returning from Korea, COL Williams served in the 15th Forward Support Battalion (Gamblers), 2nd Brigade (Black Jack), 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Cavazos, Texas. He deployed with them to both Kuwait and Iraq. He served as the Ambulance Platoon Leader and later served as the Treatment Platoon Leader, Company XO, Assistant S3, and Battalion S4 from 2001 to 2005. In November of 2005, he graduated from the Combined Logistics Captains Career Course at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia. His next operational assignment was with the 501st Forward Support Battalion (Providers), 1st Brigade Combat Team (Ready First), 1st Armored Division in Friedberg, Germany, with whom he deployed to Iraq. He served as the assistant Support Operations Officer and then took command of Charlie Company (Cobras), 501st Forward Support Battalion, where the Ready First fought in Tal Afar, Sinjar, Hit and Ramadi. Following the company command, COL Williams served in 421st Multifunctional Medical Battalion (Vipers), 30th Medical Brigade (Victory Medics) in Wiesbaden, Germany from 2007 to 2008 as the Battalion Operations Officer. After his time in Germany, COL Williams served as Cobra 10/24, Headquarters Troop and Medical Platoon, Cavalry and Reconnaissance Trainer at the National Training Center (NTC) in Fort Irwin, California from 2008 to 2010. Following his assignment at NTC, COL Williams served as a Combat Developer, Concepts and Requirements Division at Fort Sam Houston, Texas from 2010 to 2011. He then completed the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Upon graduation, COL Williams was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia, with whom he also deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan as the Deputy Surgeon from 2012-2014. After returning from Afghanistan, COL Williams served as an Operations Staff Officer and subsequently Executive Officer for the Health Care Operations Directorate, Office of the Surgeon General (OTSG) and US Army Medical Command in Falls Church, Virginia from 2014 to 2016. After his time at OTSG, he later served as the Chief, Current Operations for the Office of the Joint Staff Surgeon in Washington, DC from 2016 to 2018. COL Williams served as the Division Chief of Medical Operations and Plans for US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) in MacDill AFB, Florida from 2018 to 2020. After his time in USSOCOM, COL Williams successfully commanded the 131st Field Hospital (Guardian Knights), an 88-bed-Role 3 subordinate to 1st Medical Brigade (Silver Knights), 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command located in Fort Bliss, Texas. Following command, COL Williams served as the Chief of Operations for William Beaumont Army Medical Center and headed to Senior Service College. Before assuming his current position, COL Williams was the US Army War College Fellow assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.

 

His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Army Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Joint Staff Identification Badge, Army Staff Identification Badge, and Order of Military Medical Merit.

 

COL Williams is married to Jessica Williams, and they have three children, Joshua, Justin, and Maximus. 

 

32d Medical Brigade Command Sergeant Major

CSM Churchill attended Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where he attained the military occupational specialty Medical Supply Specialist (68J). Four years later, he reclassed to the MOS of operating room technician (68D), where he completed Phase I at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and Phase II at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

 

CSM Churchill’s assignments include medical supply specialist at U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Edgewood Proving Grounds, Maryland; Medical Supply Specialist at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii; Operating Room NCOIC, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; Operating Room NCOIC, JTF-Bravo, Honduras; DS/Platoon Sergeant at 1/19 FA, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Peri-Operative NCOIC, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany; Platoon Sergeant, Camp Bastion, Afghanistan; Surgical Nursing NCOIC at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; First Sergeant, Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital at Fort Polk, Louisiana; Operations NCOIC, 121/BAACH at Yongson, Korea; Chief Clinical SGM at Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Texas; Command Sergeant Major, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD.

CSM Churchill’s military education includes: Medical Supply Specialist Course; Air Assault Course; Primary Leadership Development Course; Operating Room Specialist Course; Small Group Instructor Trainer Course; Instructor Trainer Course; Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course; The Leadership, Education and Development Course; Combative Level I and II; Drill Sergeant School; Enhanced Combat Lifesaver Course; Unit Prevention Leader Course; NBC Officer Course; Equal Opportunity Leaders Course; Field Sanitation Course; Advanced Noncommissioned Officers Course; Basic Healthcare Administrator Course; Master Resilience Trainer Course; Clinical Nurse OIC/NCOIC Leader Development Course; First Sergeant Course; Common Faculty Development Course, U.S. Army Sergeant’s Major Academy (Class 69) and the AMEDD Executive Skills Course His civilian education includes a Bachelor of Arts in leadership and workforce development from Command General Staff College and a Bachelor of Science from Excelsior College.

CSM Churchill’s awards and decorations include: Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (4), Army Commendation Medal (4), Army Achievement Medal (9), Army Superior Unit Award (2), Army Good Conduct Medal (7), National Defense Service Medal; Afghanistan Campaign Medal (1CS), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon (5), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (4), NATO Medal, Drill Sergeant Badge; Air Assault Badge; Drivers Badge w/Wheel; German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency (Gold), German Schutzenschnur Badge (Gold), Sergeant Audie Murphy Award and the recipient of the Order to Military Merit (O2M3).