Retired December 1, 2013
Deputy Surgeon General for the Army National Guard
Major General Louis H. Guernsey, Jr. assumed duties as the Deputy Surgeon General for the Army National Guard, Office of the Surgeon General on 1 November 2010. As Deputy Surgeon General, General Guernsey advised the Army Surgeon General on all matters pertaining to the health, medical readiness and training, as well as policy formation governing Army National Guard Soldiers during their transitions to and from Title 10 duty.
General Guernsey began his military service in 1983 with a direct appointment to the Medical Corps as a fully-trained pediatrician. His duty assignments have encompassed both Active and Reserve Component positions to include Army-sponsored fellowship training in pulmonary medicine. Prior to assuming his current position, he was Assistant to the Surgeon General for Mobilization, Readiness and National Guard Affairs where he assisted the Army Deputy Surgeon General in providing consultative services and strategic planning for all aspects of medical readiness, health care, medical personnel, medical operational and training issues that comprise the critical medical readiness indicators pertaining to the Army National Guard. Prior to this, General Guernsey served as Commander, Medical Detachment and State Surgeon, Delaware Joint Force Headquarters, Delaware Amy National Guard. His experience at National Guard Bureau includes membership on the Army National Guard Medical Advisory Council and its Executive Committee, as well as on the Joint Surgeon's Functional Advisory Council. He is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College. He is Board-Certified in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Pulmonology, and holds academic appointments at Jefferson Medical College of the Thomas Jefferson University and at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
1976 Johns Hopkins University, Bachelor of Arts, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland
1980 Emory University, Medical Doctor, Atlanta, Georgia
1983 Emory University, Pediatric Residency, Atlanta, Georgia
1990 University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2003 United States Army War College, by Seminar
1. July 1983 - August 1983, Student, Army Medical Department Officer Basic, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
2. August 1983- June 1987, Staff Pediatrician, Chief, Pediatric Clinic, 97th General Hospital, PROFIS to Special Troops Battalion, V Corps, Frankfurt, Germany
3. July 1987- June 1990, Student, Army Medical Department Detachment, Fort Sam Houston, Texas with duty at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4. July 1990- June 1993, Staff Pediatric Pulmonologist/Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
5. October 1993- November 1995, Field Surgeon, 116th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, Delaware Army National Guard, Wilmington, Delaware
6. December 1995- December 2001, Field Surgeon, Detachment 4, State Area Regional Command, Delaware Army National Guard, Wilmington, Delaware
7. December 2001 - December 2002, Executive Officer, Detachment 4, State Area Regional Command, Delaware Army National Guard, Wilmington, Delaware
8. December 2002- September 2004, Executive Officer, Delaware Army National Guard Medical Detachment, Delaware Joint Force Headquarters, Wilmington, Delaware
9. October 2004 - January 2005, Field Surgeon, B Company, 118th Area Support Medical Battalion, Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq
10. January 2005 - November 2008, State Surgeon/Commander, Delaware Army National Guard Medical Detachment, Delaware Joint Force Headquarters, Wilmington, Delaware
11. December 2008 - October 2010, Assistant to the Surgeon General for Mobilization, Readiness and National Guard Affairs, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of Army, Falls Church, Virginia
12. November 2010 - November 2013, Deputy Surgeon General for the Army National Guard, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of Army, Falls Church, Virginia
Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Achievement Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Silver Hourglass and M Device)
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon (with Numeral 3)
Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon (with Numeral 4)
Delaware Medal for Military Merit
Delaware National Guard Medal
Delaware National Defense Service Ribbon
Delaware Physical Fitness Ribbon (with Numeral 7)
Army Meritorious Unit Award
Governor's Meritorious Unit Award
Combat Identification Badge
Department of Army Staff Badge
Order of Military Medical Merit
Captain USAR 13 July 1983
Major USAR 13 July 1986
Lieutenant Colonel USAR 13 July 1992
Lieutenant Colonel ARNGUS 16 October 1993
Colonel ARNGUS 14 July 1997
Brigadier General ARNGUS 1 November 2010
Major General ARNGUS 24 May 2013
(Current as of July 2014)