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Timothy K. Adams Brigadier General (Retired), 24th Veterinary Corps Chief, United States Army.

The majority of BG (Ret) Adams’s career has been in preventive medicine and public health as well as military medical research and development and veterinary medicine; his education and experience has been in public health, epidemiology, toxicology and veterinary medicine with dual board certifications. He has led the entire Department of Defense’s efforts in veterinary science and the sustainment of food safety, food defense and animal science (laboratory animal medicine and care for military working dogs) for a global military force. Adams first entered military service in 1974 as a medic with the 5th Special Forces Group at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. He separated from active service in 1977, and served with the 11th Special Forces Reserve Group (medic) 1984-1986. Finishing a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry at Purdue University, Indiana (1982), he went on to earn his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine in 1986 from Purdue’s Veterinary School. He subsequently completed his Masters in Public Health from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1992 and his Ph.D. in Environment/Toxicology from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina in 2001. In 2007 he attended the National War College at Fort McNair, Washington D.C., receiving his Masters of Science in National Security Strategy. Adams is board certified by both the American Board of Toxicology and the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine.

Adams re-entered active military service in 1986, taking a direct commission into the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps, and his assignments have included the following: Group Veterinarian, 7th Special Forces Group, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina (1986-1988); Commander, 100th Medical Detachment, Muenchweiler, Germany (1988-1991); Officer-in-Charge, Mobile Sub-Team, 483rd Medical Detachment, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (Desert Storm); Instructor/ Training Veterinarian/Company Commander,1st Special Warfare Training Group, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina (1992-1994); Northern Europe Veterinary Detachment, North Germany Division (1995-1998); Chief, Applied Pharmacology Branch, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland (2001-2002); Commander, 72nd Medical Detachment (Veterinary Service) (2002-2004), where in March he led the detachment to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom; Chief, Integrated Toxicology Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Ft. Detrick, Maryland (2004-2005), during which time he also participated in hurricane relief efforts in Mississippi and Louisiana as the Joint Task Force Katrina Staff Veterinarian; Deputy Commander, USAMRICD (2005-2006) and Commander, USAMRICD (2007-2008), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; Assistant Surgeon General for Force Projection, the Pentagon; and he served as the first Commanding General of the new Army Public Health Command (2009-2011). Adams was selected the 24th U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Chief (2008-2011), and served as the Uniformed Services delegate to the American Veterinary Medical Association.

Adams is currently an independent consultant (Adams Consulting) near Indianapolis, Indiana. Adams is a graduate of the Army Medical Department Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Command and General Staff College, and the National War College. His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, two Legions of Merit, two Bronze Star Medals, five Meritorious Service Medals, the Army Commendation Medal, three Army Achievement Medals, two Meritorious Unit Citations, National Defense Service Medal for three major campaigns, Southwest Asia Service Medal (three bronze campaign service stars), Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Government of Kuwait). His skill badges/tabs include the Expert Field Medical Badge, the Special Forces Tab, the Parachutist Badge, the Scuba Divers Badge, Honduran Jump Wings, and the Gold German Troop Duty Proficiency Badge. He is also a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit and holds the Surgeon General’s “A” Proficiency Designator for Veterinary Comparative Medicine. Adams also served as consultant to the Army Surgeon General for Veterinary Comparative Medicine. Civilian awards include “The American Veterinary Epidemiology Society Honorary Diploma” (2011) and Purdue’s “Distinguished Agriculture Alumnus Award” (2013).