Telita Crosland

U.S. Army general

Telita Crosland
Official portrait, 2023
Commander of Defense Health Agency
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Preceded byRonald Place
Personal details
BornBrooklyn, New York
EducationUnited States Military Academy (BS)
Uniformed Services University (MD, MPH)
National Defense University (MS)
Awards
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
BranchUnited States Army
Years of service1993–present
RankLieutenant General
Commands
  • Defense Health Agency
  • Regional Health Command Atlantic
  • U.S. Army Medical Department Activity
  • U.S. Army Health Clinic Grafenwoehr
Telita Crosland's voice
Crosland's opening statement at a Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on military health programs
Recorded March 7, 2023

Telita Crosland is a United States Army lieutenant general who has served as director of the Defense Health Agency since January 3, 2023. She previously served as deputy surgeon general of the United States Army.[1][2]

Education

Crosland was born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1989, she graduated from the United States Military Academy.[3]

Military career

In May 2022, Crosland was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as director of the Defense Health Agency.[4] Her nomination was confirmed by the Senate on September 29, 2022.[5]

References

  1. ^ "| Army Medicine". armymedicine.health.mil.
  2. ^ "Major General Telita Crosland - General Officer Management Office".
  3. ^ "AUSA". October 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "MG Telita Crosland '89 Selected for Appointment to LTG". West Point Association of Graduates. October 3, 2022. Archived from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  5. ^ "PN2074 - 1 nominee for Army, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. September 29, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.

External links

  • Media related to Telita Crosland at Wikimedia Commons
Military offices
Preceded by Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the United States Army Medical Command
2017–2018 		Succeeded by
Erik H. Torring III
Commanding General of Regional Health Command—Atlantic
2018–2019 		Succeeded by
Michael L. Place
Deputy Commanding General (Operations) of the United States Army Medical Command
2019–2021 		Succeeded by
Michael J. Talley
Deputy Surgeon General of the United States Army
2019–2022 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Director of the Defense Health Agency
2023–present 		Incumbent


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