MAJOR GENERAL JERRY L. FENWICK
Retired June 29, 2021
Maj. Gen. Jerry L. Fenwick was the Director, Office of the Joint Surgeon, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia and ANG Assistant to the Surgeon General, United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, DC. As the Joint Surgeon General of the National Guard he made recommendations, provided input and proposes solution sets affecting 455 thousand National Guard Members to the Chief, National Guard Bureau. He coordinated and worked closely with HHS, FEMA, and other civil authorities requiring National Guard Assistance. General Fenwick was dual hatted as the Air National Guard Assistant to the Surgeon General, United States Air Force. As the senior medical officer of the ANG Medical Service, he advised on all internal and external matters pertaining to the health, medical readiness and training of Air National Guard Airmen during their transitions to and from active duty.
General Fenwick was commissioned in the U.S. Army under the Health Profession Scholarship Program. He was commissioned Captain after graduating from Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Va. After completing his medical training in Emergency Medicine and various Army assignments, he transferred to the South Carolina Air National Guard in 1997 and subsequently to the U.S. Air Force Reserve in 2008. He returned to the Air National Guard with the State of Missouri in 2010. He has held positions of Squadron Medical Officer, Chief of Aerospace Medicine, Squadron Commander, State Air Surgeon, Air National Guard Assistant to the Command Surgeon, Pacific Air Forces and Air National Guard Assistant to the Command Surgeon, Air Mobility Command prior to assuming his current position. He completed his professional military education at Air War College in 2003. General Fenwick has more than 900 flight hours in various Air Force weapon systems with over 300 combat and combat support flight hours. He has deployed as an Army infantry battalion surgeon during Desert Storm, as a medical team member with Joint Special Operations Command, and in support of the Air Force mission in Antarctica. He has also deployed several times to Afghanistan and Iraq as a critical care air transport team physician and CCATT advisor.
EDUCATION
1989 General Surgery Internship, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas
1994 Residency in Emergency Medicine, Joint Military Medical Centers, San Antonio, Texas
2003 Air War College, non-residence
2016 SLOC, in residence
2018 Advanced Senior Leader Development Seminar (ASLDS), Warrenton, Va.
2018 CAPSTONE, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1988 - July 1989, Intern, General Surgery, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas
2. July 1989 - June 1990, Group Surgeon, 528th Artillery Group, Cakmakli, Turkey
3. July 1990 - September 1990, Chief, Acute Care Clinic, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas
4. October 1990 - June 1991, Battalion Surgeon, 2nd Battalion (mech.), 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, Ft, Hood, Texas
5. July 1991 - June 1994, Resident, Emergency Medicine, Joint Military Medical Centers, San Antonio, Texas
6. July 1994 - August 1996, Chief, Emergency Services, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Ft. Gordon, Georgia.
7. August 1994 - July 1996, Physician, Medical Augmentation Unit, Joint Special Operations Command, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
8. September 1997 - May 1999, General Practice Physician, 169th Medical Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina.
9. May 1999 - July 2002, Flight Surgeon, 169th MDS, South Carolina Air National Guard, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina.
10. July 2002 - January 2005, Chief of Aerospace Medicine, 169th MDS, South Carolina Air National Guard, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina.
11. January 2005 - October 2008, Chief Aerospace Medicine and Deputy Commander, 169th MDS, South Carolina Air National Guard, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina.
12. October 2008 - September 2010, Commander, 442nd Medical Squadron (USAFR), Whiteman AFB, Missouri.
13. September 2010 - April 2013, State Air Surgeon, Missouri Air National Guard, Joint Force Headquarters, Missouri Air National Guard, Jefferson City, Missouri.
14. April 2013 - May 2015, ANG Assistant to the Command Surgeon, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor – Hickam, Hawaii.
15. May 2015 - May 2017, Assistant to the Command Surgeon, Air Mobility Command (AMC/SG), Scott AFB, IL
16. May 2017 - May 2021, Director, Office of the Joint Surgeon General, National Guard Bureau, Washington, DC; dual-hatted, May 2017 - May 2021, Air National Guard Assistant to the Surgeon General, United States Air Force, Pentagon, DC
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Flight hours: More than 900, including 95 combat sorties totlain
Aircraft flown: C-5A, C-17A, L/W/C-130H/E, C-141C, F-15B, F-16D, KC135
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with two aok leaf clusters
Air Medal
Aerial Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Antarctica Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal with three campaign medals
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with one campaign star
Iraq Campaign Medal with one campaign star
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal
Kuwait Liberation Medal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Kuwait Liberation Medal Government of Kuwait
Expert Field Medical Badge
Combat Medical Badge
Parachutist Badge
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION
Senior Partner and Staff Emergency Physician, Cox Health Systems, Springfield, Missouri
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFLIATIONS
Fellow, American Academy of Emergency Medicine
National Guard Association of the United States
Missouri National Guard Association
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Military Officer Association of America
Alliance of Air National Guard Flight Surgeons
Society of Air Force Flight Surgeons
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2005 and 2006 Air National Guard Flight Surgeon of the Year
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Feb. 5, 1985
Captain May 21, 1988
Major Sept. 30, 1993
Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 10, 1999
Colonel Aug. 2, 2006
Brigadier General July 27, 2015
Major General Dec. 2, 2017
(Current as of July 2021)
