Commander

Colonel Stephanie Mont recently served as the Commander of Public Health Command, West at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. COL Mont's previous assignments include: Director of the DoD Military Working Dog Veterinary Service at JBSA-Lackland, Texas; Command Veterinarian and Chief of Future Medical Operations for U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart Germany; Commander 72nd Medical Detachment (Veterinary Service Support), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Chief of Food Protection, Department of Veterinary Science, U.S. Army Medical Department Center & School, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston; Operations Officer, Public Health Command Europe, Landstuhl, Germany, Deputy Commander, Public Health District - Northern Europe, Kaiserslautern, Germany; Deputy Commander, Pacific Region Veterinary Command, Honolulu, Hawaii; Squad Officer-in-Charge, 43rd Medical Detachment (Veterinary Services), Fort Cavazos, Texas; Chief of Clinical Operations, 129th Medical Detachment (Veterinary Medicine), Yongsan, South Korea; and Officer-in-Charge, Fort Irwin Veterinary Treatment Facility, Fort Irwin, California. COL Mont's deployment experience includes nine months in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, as the Commander of the 72nd Medical Detachment (VSS) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (Spartan Shield) and Operation Inherent Resolve (2016) and 12 months in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, with the 43rd Medical Detachment (VS) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (2004-05).

Colonel Mont received her direct commission as a U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Officer upon graduation from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine in 2001. She holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and holds the Army Surgeon General 's "A" Designator in the field of Veterinary Preventive Medicine/ Stephanie served as the Army Surgeon General's Consultant for her career field from 2019-2023. She currently serves as the Army Surgeon General's Consultant for the Field Veterinary Service Officer career field.

Her awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (five Oak Leaf Clusters), the Army Commendation Medal (three Oak Leaf Clusters), the Army Achievement Medal (three Oak Leaf Clusters), the Joint Meritorious Unit Award, the Meritorious Unit Citation, the Army Superior Unit Award, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Korean Defense Service Medal, and the Order of Military Medical Merit.