Lt. Col. Victoria K. Somnuk was born in Enterprise, Alabama. She earned her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Colorado State University and commissioned into the Medical Service Corps in 2003. Following that, she earned a Master of Business Administration and Public Administration from Syracuse University.
Her previous career assignments include: Assistant Chief of Staff of Resource Management/G8, U.S. Army Regional Health Command-Central; Chief, Finance & Ac-counting, U.S. Army Medical Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas; Deputy Budget Officer/G8, U.S. Army Medical Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas; Chief, Business Operations Division, Ireland Army Community Hospital, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Chief, Resource Management Division, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Commander, Training Support Company, 32nd Medical Brigade, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Training, Advising, and Counseling Officer, 264th Medical Battalion, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Logistics Officer, Task Force Falcon (Operation Iraqi Freedom); Squadron Logistics Officer, HHT, 1-73CAV (RECON)(ABR), 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Brigade Support Battalion SPO Medical Logistics Officer and Brigade Medical Supply Officer, 407th BSB, 2nd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Executive Assistant to 18th MEDCOM Commander/USFK Surgeon/121st General Hospital Commander, 18th Medical Command, Seoul, South Korea; Treatment Platoon Leader and Executive Officer, D Company, 168th Medical Battalion, Taegu, South Korea.
She is a graduate of the Army Medical Department Officer Basic and Advanced Courses and United States Army Command General Staff College Resident.
Her awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medical, Meritorious Service Metal (four oak leaf clusters), Army Commendation Medal (two oak leaf clusters), Army Achievement Medal (oak leaf cluster), National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal (two oak leaf clusters), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korea Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, and the Army Parachutist Badge. She is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit (O2M3). She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, Certified Government Financial Manager/Association of Government Accountants, DoD Financial Manager Level Three, Certified Defense Financial Manager-Acquisition, Certified Specialist Payment & Reimbursement, Certified Revenue Cycle, and Certified Specialist Accounting & Finance.
She is married to Jude Yancey from Madrid, Spain. They have two children, Sebastian (8) and Alexandra (6).