Commander

COL Tracy J. Ostrom

COL Tracy Ostrom

COL Tracy Ostrom is a native of Pelican, Alaska. She attended Seattle University on an Army ROTC Scholarship and was commissioned in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. COL Ostrom also holds both a Master's of Science in Nursing and a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Duke University and is an Advance Practice Registered Nurse.

COL Ostrom has held a variety of clinical and leadership positions. Her early assignments include Medical-Surgical and Emergency Room staff nurse at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany; Intensive Care Unit staff nurse, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas where she later became an Instructor for the Critical Care/Emergency Nurse Course. COL Ostrom was one of the original Nurse Case Managers for wounded Soldiers returning in the early years of Operational Iraqi Freedom. She later deployed with the 228th Combat Support Hospital to Mosul, Iraq where she helped coordinate the theater's first Flight Nursing Course from her experiences providing in-flight care for critically ill trauma patients. While at Darnall Army Medical Center, Ft Hood, Texas, she served as both the OIC of the Intensive Care Unit and as a Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist. At Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, she again served as an Advance Practice Nurse in the Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist role for the entire Medical Product Line. COL Ostrom was the Deputy Commander for Nursing in Wiesbaden Germany and served as Chief of the Medical-Surgical Nursing section at Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. More recently she served as the Executive Officer at Winn Army Community Hospital, Ft Stewart, Georgia and then the Commander of Tuttle Army Health Clinic on Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia. She was the Deputy Commander for Nursing at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Ft Bliss Texas. In December 2021 she became the Commander of the 528th Hospital Center (HC), Ft Bliss Texas and deployed with the 528th HC (Forward) as the Commander of United States Military Hospital-Kuwait. In May 2024 she moved to Ft Sam-Houston Texas where she served as the Corps Specific Branch Proponency Officer for the Army Nurse Corps.

Highlights of COL Ostrom's military education include AMEDD Officer Basic Course, Critical Care Nursing Course, and Command and General Staff College. She attended the Naval War College where she earned a Masters of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies and a certificate of Ethics in Emerging Military Technologies. COL Ostrom was named the 2024 Military Clinical Nurse Specialist of the year by the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists.

Her military awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit (2nd Award), Meritorious Service Medal (3rd Award), Army Commendation Medal (4th Award), Army Achievement Medal (3rd Award), Parachutist Badge, and Air Assault Badge. She is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit.