Colonel Ann Marie McCain is the Command Surgeon, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The Air Force Reserve Command is one of 10 Air Force major commands with 70,000 Reserve Airmen and more than 300 aircraft among three numbered air forces, 34 flying wings, 10 flying groups, a space wing, a cyber wing and an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance wing. The command provides support to all the other Air Force major commands and to combatant commanders across the globe.
McCain entered the Air Force in 1991 as an Enlisted Health Services Management Technician and earned a direct commission in the Air Force Medical Service Corps in 2000. She has served as a Squadron and Group Commander both in-garrison and deployed and held positions at the Headquarters Air Force and Combatant Command level. In addition, she served as the Executive Officer to the Air Force Surgeon General and as the Deputy Command Surgeon, United States Africa Command Stuttgart, Germany.
Prior to her current assignment, Col. McCain was the MTF Director and Commander of the 633d Medical Group, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA. In this role, she led 1,400 military and civilian medical professionals responsible for ensuring maximum wartime clinical readiness and providing high quality, safe and trusted patient care to 382,000 Tidewater Military Health System beneficiaries.
EDUCATION
1997 Bachelor of Science degree in History, Troy State University. Montgomery Ala.
1999 Master of Business Administration, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio
2000 Air and Space Basic Course in residence
2004 Squadron Officer School in residence
2009 Air Command and Staff College by correspondence
2011 Intermediate Developmental Education, Air Force Intern Program in residence
2013 Air War College by correspondence
2019 Interagency Institute for Federal Healthcare Executives
2021 Military Health System Capstone Course
ASSIGNMENTS
1. March 2000 - April 2000, Commissioned Officer Training, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2. April 2000 - July 2000, Health Services Administration Course, Sheppard AFB, Texas
3. July 2000 - July 2003, Director, Information Management and Patient Administration
Flight Commander, 60thMedical Support Squadron, 60th Medical Group, Travis AFB, Calif.
4. July 2003 - July 2007, 35 MDG Executive Officer/Medical Logistics Flight Commander
and 35 FW Executive Officer, 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan
5. July 2007 - July 2010, TRICARE Flight Commander and Medical Readiness Flight Commander,
48th Medical Group, 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, England
6. July 2010 - June 2011, Student, Air Force Intern Program, Air University, Washington D.C.
7. July 2011 - July 2012, Executive Officer for the Air Force Surgeon General, HQ USAF/SG,
Pentagon, Washington D.C.
8. July 2012 - July 2014, Commander, 86th Medical Support Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
9. August 2014 - May 2017, Chief, Air Force Health Facilities Division, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas
10. June 2017 - July 2020, Commander, 379th Expeditionary Medical Group, Al Udeid AB, Qatar
11. August 2020 - July 2021, Deputy Command Surgeon, United States Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany
12. July 2021 - July 2023, MTF Director/Commander, 633d Medical Group, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
13. July 2023 - present, Command Surgeon, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
July 2019 – July 2020, Deputy Command Surgeon, United States Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Recognition Ribbon
(Current as of August 2023)