FORT KNOX, Ky. –
FORT KNOX, Ky. - Col. Julie A. Hundertmark assumed command of the U.S. Army Medical Recruiting Brigade during a ceremony conducted at Sadowski Center, Thursday, 25 July.
Hundertmark, who most recently served as the Command Surgeon for the Army Material Command and the Family Medicine consultant to the Army Surgeon General, assumed command from outgoing brigade commander, Col. Katrina E. Walters.
“I am honored and humbled to be chosen to lead an organization that is tasked with such an important mission, and with so many dedicated team members that never quit. I am excited to see all that we can accomplish together,” said Hundertmark.
During Walter’s two-year tenure with the Medical Recruiting Brigade – tasked with the Army medical and chaplain recruiting missions in all states throughout the nation – credited with more than 2,800 Soldiers commissioned.
“Col. Walters assumed command of the Army’s Medical Recruiting Brigade in July 2022, assuming the responsibility of the Soldiers and civilians of this brigade and its mission. [She] stepped up to the daunting task of recruiting individuals who will care for our Soldiers and their families without missing a beat.” said Brig. Gen. Frederick A. Hockett, Jr., Deputy Commanding General – Support, U.S. Army Recruiting Command. “She has made an impact on the Soldiers who commissioned, the chaplains, medical professionals, … and she has made an impact on every person they will care for during their career in the Army.”
While addressing the Soldiers and civilian audiences at the change of command ceremony yesterday, Walters said, “We made intentional investments, directed recruiting efforts toward the toughest and historically hardest to achieve missions, analyzed our facts and processes to uncover the good, the bad and the ugly. We changed medical and chaplain recruiting, I hope for the better …. I thank you for trusting my vision and driving that change.“
Walters leaves the position of the commander of the Medical Recruiting Brigade for her next assignment as the Chief of Health Services Division with Human Resource Command on Fort Knox, Kentucky.
The Medical Recruiting Brigade is no stranger to Hundertmark, who served previously as the Recruiting Integration Officer, representing the Army Medical Corps. In this position, she provided direct support to the recruiting mission and to the field recruiters across the U.S. That mission of searching for the best physicians to serve our nation’s Soldiers and their families continues today, and Hundertmark swears she will conquer the challenges ahead of her as the next commander of the U.S. Army Medical Recruiting Brigade.
Hundertmark received her commission through the U.S. Army Health Professions Scholarship Program in 2001 to attend the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. Upon completion of her Doctor of Medicine in 2005, she was commissioned active duty in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. She went on to complete Family Medicine residency training at Martin Army Community Hospital at Fort Moore, Georgia, graduating in 2008. She continues to actively advocate for medical recruiting and received the Surgeon General’s Physician Recognition Award for leading the first Army clinic to adopt the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model.
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