Colonel Edward L. McDaniel and Colonel (Ret.) Brenda McDaniel Memorial Program - June 16, 2021

In Memoriam COLONEL EDWARD L. McDANIEL March 8, 1966 - May 26, 2021

COLONEL (RET) BRENDA McDANIEL April 9, 1958 - May 26, 2021

Unit Memorial Ceremony Fort Belvoir Community Hospital June 16, 2021

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS PRELUDE NATIONAL ANTHEM* INVOCATION*

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Grace Hollis

READING OF SERVICE RECORD BATTALION COMMANDER’S REMARKS Lt. Col. Kaitlyn Perkins

SURGEON GENERAL OF THE ARMY Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle

GUEST SPEAKER

Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Lewis Roach

SOLDIER’S TRIBUTE Lt. Col. Scott Williams

SAILOR’S TRIBUTE

Petty Officer 3rd Class Grace Shudrowitz

MEMORIAL MEDITATION

Chaplain (Capt.) Tiann Morgner

SILENT TRIBUTE BENEDICTION*

Chaplain (Capt.) Tiann Morgner

LAST ROLL CALL*

1st. Sgt. Michael Chase

FIRING OF VOLLEYS* TAPS* FINAL RESPECTS** POSTLUDE * Please Stand ** After final respects are paid by the official party, those wishing to remain to pay respects and render honors may do so at this time.

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olonel Edward Lamar McDaniel was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on March 8, 1966. He commissioned as an officer in the United States Army following graduation from the University of Maryland in 1995, and subsequently began his highly successful career at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He served as an Officer-in-Charge in Korea and as a Staff Internist at Beaumont Army Medical Center. While serving as the Director of the Department of Medicine Performance Improvement and Patient Safety at Brooke Army Medical Center, he played an instrumental role in the San Antonio Military Medical Center achieving accreditation as an Army and Air Force Integrated Health Care System. Colonel McDaniel also served as the Chief of Internal Medicine during his tenure at Brooke Army Medical Center. In his most recent assignment of seven years, he served with distinction as the Medical Director of Executive Medicine at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, providing exceptional acute and preventive medicine for members of the Executive Branch, U.S. Congress, Supreme Court Justices, and Flag and General Officers of the United States Military and their families.

Colonel McDaniel deployed from 2005 to 2007, and again in 2010 to 2011, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During his first deployment, he served as the Battalion Surgeon for the 2/502 Infantry Battalion. In his most recent deployment, he served as the Medical Director of the Ortiz Clinic, a Level II medical facility located within Forward Operating Base Prosperity. His far-reaching and indelible impact included the innovative and highly successful creation of a theater-wide medical initiative to train Iraqi physicians.

Colonel McDaniel earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of California in Berkeley in 1990 and a Medical Degree in General Medicine from the University of Maryland, Baltimore in 1995. His awards and decorations include: the Legion of Merit Medal (posthumous), the Meritorious Service Medal (2OLC), the Army Commendation Medal (4OLC), the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal (3CS), the Korean Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal, the Overseas Service Ribbon (2), and the Combat Medical Badge.

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olonel (Ret) Brenda McDaniel was born in Bronx, New York, on April 9, 1958. In 1983, she completed the AMEDD Officer Basic Course at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Her first duty assignment was as a Clinical Staff Nurse on the Orthopedic Unit at Eisenhower Medical Center. After completion of the National Certification for Critical Care Nurses in 1985, Colonel McDaniel was awarded the 8A specialty designator for Critical Care Nurses and assigned to the Surgical Intensive Care Unit.

Colonel McDaniel’s assignments include: the 121st Evacuation Hospital (18th Medical Command), Seoul, Korea, as the Senior Clinical Nurse in the Emergency Department and later as the Section Chief; Charge Nurse in the combined Adult and Pediatric Critical Care Unit at Madigan Army Medical Center; the USA MEDDAC at the National Training Center, where she served as the Head Nurse of the Emergency Department and Chief of Nursing Education; and the Assistant Head Nurse of the combined Adult and Pediatric Critical Care Unit, and the Head Nurse of the Coronary Care Unit at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. In 1997, Colonel McDaniel had the distinct honor to be selected as the White House Nurse, assigned to the White House Medical Unit, in the Presidential Support Detachment. After completion of this special assignment, her subsequent assignments included: Critical Care and Maternal Child Nursing Section Chief at William Beaumont Army Medical Center; Chief Nurse and Clinic Officer-in-Charge at Troop Medical Clinic, Fort Bliss, Texas; and as the Assistant Deputy Commander for Nursing at the Blanchfield Army Hospital, and AN Representative of the AMEDD Personnel Proponency Directorate.

Colonel McDaniel’s earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University, Greensboro, North Carolina, a Master of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, and a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona. Her awards and decorations include: the Meritorious Service Medal (5OLC), the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal (OLC), the Army Achievement Medal (OLC), the National Defense Service Medal (OLC), the Global War on Terror Service Medal, the Korean Defense Service Medal, the Army Service Medal, the Overseas Service Medal, and the Presidential Service Badge.