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        BRIGADIER GENERAL SHARON K. MAILEYBrig. Gen. Sharon K. Mailey is mobilization assistant to the Assistant Surgeon General for Readiness, Science and Technology, Office of the Surgeon General, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Bolling Air Force Base, D.C. She is responsible for assisting the Assistant Surgeon General in developing medical guidance, policies and procedures which ensure the rapid expansion, mobilization and deployment of medical resources which support Air Force contingency operations worldwide. She assists in establishing and coordinating all major policies relating to integration of nursing members of the Air Force Reserve. General Mailey also provides professional guidance for the selection, training, career control and personnel utilization of these forces in peacetime as well as wartime contingencies. 
General Mailey was commissioned in the Army Reserve in December 1970, and transferred to the Air Force in December 1982. She has served on a congressionally-directed study to determine feasibility of developing a federal college of nursing under the auspices of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.  The general has been assigned to Headquarters Air Combat Command as individual mobilization augmentee to the Command Nurse, and to the Office of the Surgeon General as mobilization assistant to the Director of Nursing Services, and to the Director, Medical Readiness, Doctrine and Planning and Nursing Services. **EDUCATION**
1969  Bachelor of Science degree in nursing, Berea College, Berea, Ky. 
1972  Army Medical Department Officer Basic Course, U.S. Army Medical Field Service School, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 
1974  Army Medical Department Officer Advanced Course, U.S. Army Medical Field Service School, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 
1976  Master of Science degree, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
1979  Certificate, Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, School of Nursing, University of Rochester, N.Y. 
1983  Nursing Service Management for Air Reserve Forces, USAF School of Health Care Sciences, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas 
1986  Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 
1987  Battlefield Nursing Course, School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, Texas 
1993  Air War College, by seminar 
1993  Doctor of Philosophy degree, School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
1995  Flight Nurse School, School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, Texas **ASSIGNMENTS**
1. December 1982 - September 1989, Chief Nurse, 21st Medical Services Evacuation Squadron, Patrick AFB, Fla. 
2. September 1989 - July 1992, individual mobilization augmentee to the Chief Nurse, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. 
3. October 1989 - May 1990, congressionally directed study to determine feasibility of developing a federal college of nursing under the auspices of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences 
4. November 1990 - June 1991, mobilized for operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 354th Medical Group, Myrtle Beach AFB, S.C. 
5. July 1992 - March 1994, individual mobilization augmentee to the Command Nurse, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va. 
6. March 1994 - June 1995, mobilization assistant to the Director of Nursing Services, Office of the Surgeon General, Bolling AFB, D.C. 
7. July 1995 - June 2000, mobilization assistant to the Director, Medical Readiness, Doctrine and Planning and Nursing Services, Office of the Surgeon General, Bolling AFB, D.C. 
8. July 2000 - present, mobilization assistant to the Assistant Surgeon General for Readiness, Science and Technology, Office of the Surgeon General, Bolling AFB, D.C. **MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS**
Army Commendation Medal 
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster 
Air Force Commendation Medal 
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 
National Defense Service Medal 
Air Force Longevity Service Award
Armed Forces Reserve Medal 
Air Force Training Ribbon **OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS**
Visiting professor of leadership, Air War College, Maxwell AFB Ala. 
Recognized for outstanding contributions and leadership in the development of the Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice, American Association of Colleges of Nursing  
Recognized for contributions as a Special Projects Nurse Consultant to the Magnet Nursing Services Recognition Program for Long Term Care, American Nurses Credentialing Center  
Associate Professor, Marymount University, Arlington, VA **PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS**Vice Chairperson, Human Resource Development Council
Defense Medical Readiness Training Education Council 
Total Nursing Force Executive Council 
Federal Nursing Service Council 
American Nurses Association 
Virginia Nurses Association 
American Educational Research Association 
Reserve Officers Association (fomer chapter president) 
Sigma Theta Tau 
Aerospace Medical Association 
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States **EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION**
First Lieutenant  Dec. 12, 1970 
Captain  Sept. 21, 1971 
Major  Sept. 20, 1978 
Lieutenant Colonel Oct. 1, 1986 
Colonel  May 1, 1992 
Brigadier General  April 3, 1995 
(Current as of December 2000)
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