Colonel Colleen A. Takahashi
Deputy Commander for Patient Services and Nursing, William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Colonel Colleen A. Takahashi was born in Greeley, Colorado. She graduated from Eaton High School in Eaton, Colorado and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, CO and her Master’s of Science in Nursing from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, TX. Colonel Takahashi’s military education includes the Executive Skills Course; U.S. Army Command and General Staff College; Advanced Nurse Leadership Course; Instructor Training Course; Combined Arms Services Staff School, Phase I, AMEDD Advanced Officer Course; Perioperative Nurse Course; Clinical Head Nurse; and the AMEDD Officer Basic Course.
Colonel Takahashi’s military assignments include Staff Nurse, 97th General Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany, Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, Aurora, CO and 121st Evacuation Hospital, Yongsan, Korea; Station Commander, USAREC 6th Recruiting Brigade; Director, Perioperative Nurse Course, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA; Chief, Central Material Services, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI; Chief, Surgical Nursing Section, Surgical Product Line, Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA; Chief, Perioperative Nursing, 86th Combat Support Hospital, Iraq; Chief, Perioperative Nursing Section, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Bliss, TX; Assistant Chief Nurse, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Bliss, TX and Deputy Commander for Nursing, Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, GA. COL Takahashi currently serves as the Deputy Commander for Patient Services-Nursing at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Colonel Takahashi’s awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal; Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Meritorious Unit Citation, National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Gold Star), Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal; Overseas Medal (with numeral 3), and the Army Service Ribbon.