BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN R. MULVEY
Retired
Brig Gen John R. Mulvey, was the Medical Advisor to the TAG and ATAG/Air, formerly Chief of Staff for the Delaware Air National Guard, prior to this was State Air Surgeon for Delaware and Joint
Surgeon of the Joint Force Headquarters. In this position he provides up to date medical advice
to the Headquarters Staff during the Covid 19 pandemic.
General Mulvey started his career in Medicine and the Military in June of 1982 as a recipient of the Health Professions Scholarship Program. He completed the Health Professions Indoctrination Course at Maxwell Air Force Base in Sept of 1983, and completed his Medical Doctorate at Thomas Jefferson University in June of 1986. He was then assigned to Eglin Air Force Base for his Residency in Family Practice, where he was named Chief Resident in his third year. Upon completion of residency he was assigned to the 432nd Medical Squadron Misawa AFB, Misawa Japan from July 1989 to July 1992, where he took over as Chief of Family Practice during the last 2 years of that assignment. He completed the Aviation Medicine Primary course at Brooks Air Force Base in November of 1990. In August 1992 he was assigned to Dover AFB initially in the Family Practice department but then found his first Squadron Medical Element job with the C5 squadron during the last few months of that one year assignment. In September 1993 he left Active Duty and became the Chief of Aerospace Medicine at the 166th Medical Group of the Delaware ANG. He was named Commander of the 166th in February of 2003. He remained Commander until 15 April 2012, when he became the State Air Surgeon and Joint Surgeon, serving in that capacity until his promotion to Brigadier General on 29 September 2019, becoming Chief of Staff. He was to retire in April 2020, but was asked to stay on an additional 6 months as the Covid 19 Crisis was unfolding as a senior Medical Advisor to the TAG and ATAG/Air.
He has been deployed to Antarctica, Southwest Asia in direct support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and in winter of 2017 to Osan Air Force Base in support of another Guard unit’s deployment. He completed Air War College by Correspondence in 2012. He is a practicing Family Physician for Mulvey Family Practice and Division Lead for Ambulatory Medicine at Christiana Care Union Hospital. He is also a 2400 hour Instrument Rated Commercial Pilot, having earned his initial Private Pilot certificate in his third year of Medical school. He flies for Angel Flight, a volunteer organization providing patients with General Aviation airlift to and from routine medical care. He also serves as the National President of the Flying Physicians Association.
EDUCATION
1982 Bachelor of Science, Biology, cum laude, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pa.
1983 Health Professions Indoctrination Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1986 Medical Doctor, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa.
1989 Residency Family Practice, USAF Regional Hospital Eglin, Eglin AFB, Fla.
2012 Air War College, by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1983 - June 1986, Medical Student USAF Reserve, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa.
2. June 1986 - July 1989, Resident in Family Practice, USAF Regional Hospital Eglin, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
3. July 1989 - June 1991, Family Practice Physician, 432d Medical Group, Misawa AFB, Japan
4. July 1991 - June 1992, Chief of Family Practice, 432d Medical Group, Misawa AFB, Japan
5. July 1992 - September 1993, Family Practice Physician, 436th Medical Operations Squadron, Dover AFB, Del.
6. September 1993 - September 1995, Chief of Aeromedical Services, 166th Medical Squadron, Delaware Air National Guard, Del.
7. September 1995 - September 2001, Flight Surgeon, 142d Airlift Squadron, Delaware ANG, Del.
8. September 2001 - September 2002, Chief Flight Surgeon, 142d Airlift Squadron, Delaware ANG, Del. (November 2001 - December 2001, Squadron Medical Element, 109th AW, McMurdo Station, Antarctica)
9. September 2002 - April 2012, Commander, 166th Medical Group, Delaware ANG, Del. (February 2004 - March 2004, Squadron Medical Element, 774th EAS, Karshi-Khanabad, Uzbekistan)
10. September 2019 - March 2020, Chief of Staff, New Castle, DE
11. April 2020 - October 2020, Assistant Adjutant General, New Castle, DE
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Flight Surgeon
Flight hours: 724
Aircraft flown: C5B, C9A, C130H, C141B, F16D, UH1N, UH1V, UH60, SMB001B.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
AF Outstanding Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Korean Defense Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with one M device
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION
Practice Owner, Mulvey Family Practice; solo Family Physician, with Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine; and Senior Aviation Medical Examiner. He also continues to work occasionally as a Hospitalist at Christiana Care Union Hospital.
Division Leader of Ambulatory Medicine, Christiana Care Union Hospital, coordinating patient care within and outside the hospital and leading the Community Physicians who refer their patients for care within the Hospital. In this role he also provides occasional weekend shift coverage for the Hospitalist group.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2400 hour Instrument Rated Commercial Pilot flying missions for Angel Flight Mid Atlantic.
National President of Flying Physicians Association.
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 1, 1983
Captain June 6, 1986
Major June 7, 1992
Lieutenant Colonel June 30, 1996
Colonel June 27, 2003
Brigadier General Sept. 26, 2019
(Current as of October 2020)
