DPHC Change of Authority and Retirement Ceremony Program

sequenCe of events

Arrival of the Official Party

National Anthem

Ms. Patricia Gueory

Invocation

Chaplain (Colonel) Geoffrey Bailey

Transfer of Authority

Officiating Officer Remarks

Colonel Elba Villacorta

Outgoing Director Remarks

Colonel John Ament

Incoming Remarks

Colonel Sally DelVecchio

Transition to Retirement Ceremony

Colonel Elba M. Villacorta currently serves as the Director of Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center (ATAMMC), and previously served as the Command Nurse Executive of Medical Readiness Command, Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. Prior to this, she served as the Brigade Commander, Public Health Command, Pacific from 2020-2022, a geographically dispersed brigade with 26 locations across ten countries and four states throughout the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, providing environmental, preventive medicine, and veterinary support.

Born in San Salvador, El Salvador, Col. Villacorta immigrated to America when she was six years old, settling with her family in Los Angeles, Calif. She was commissioned in the Army Nurse Corps in July 1997 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). Her civilian education includes a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Southern California in 1997 and a Master of Science in Nursing Administration with a minor in Education and Informatics from the University of Texas Health Science, San Antonio, in 2008. She is a board-certified Operating Room Nurse.

Colonel Villacorta’s military schools include the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Officer Basic and Advance Course, Perioperative Nursing Course, Combat Casualty Care Course, the Combined Arms & Services Staff School, Command & General Staff College, the Defense Strategy Course, the AMEDD Executive Skills Course, the Interagency Institute for Federal Health Leaders Course, the AMEDD Pre-Command Course, and the Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute Intermediate Executive Skills Course. Col. Villacorta is a 2017 graduate of the Army War College with a Master of Strategic Studies.

Colonel Villacorta served in various leadership and staff positions throughout her Army career, including U.S. Army Medical Activity (MEDDAC), Heidelberg, Germany, where she served as a Clinical Staff Nurse in a multi-service ward; She assumed command of Brooke Army Medical Center Delta Company in 2004. In 2008, she became the Nurse Officer in Charge of the Operating Room and Central Material Service at Munson Army Health Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; deployed with Task Force 115th to Camp Cropper, Iraq as the OIC of the Surgical Services from 2008-2009 then returned to Munson as the Chief of Perioperative Nursing Services. In 2010, she was selected to serve at the U.S. Army Human Resources Command at Fort Knox, Ky. as an Assignment Officer for over 1000 Lieutenants and later served as the Executive Officer for the 3rd Medical Recruiting Battalion.

Colonel Villacorta’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Meritorious Unit Commendation Award, Army Superior Unit Award, and German Proficiency Badge. She is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit.

Colonel John L. Ament outgoing direCtor

Colonel John L. Ament was born and raised in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan and attended Grand Canyon University where he received his Bachelor of Science in Nursing. He was a Distinguished Military Graduate from Arizona State University’s Reserve Officer Training Corps program and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant through as a Nurse Corps Officer.

Colonel Ament earned his Master of Business Administration and Master of Healthcare Administration from Baylor University, and a Master in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. He is Certified as an Operating Room Nurse and is a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Previous assignments include Staff Nurse, Telemetry, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu Hawaii; Staff Nurse, Operating Room, Tripler Army Medical Center; Officer in Charge Operating Room, 772 Forward Surgical Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom; Nurse Methods Analyst, Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, Ga.; Chief, Perioperative Nursing Services, Reynolds Army Community Hospital, Fort Sill, Okla. and deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan; Nurse Fellow, Training With Industry, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, Calif.; and Director, Surgical Services Service Line, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu Hawaii; Battalion Commander, 3rd Medical recruiting Battalion, Fort Knox, Ky.; and Deputy Commander of the U.S. Army Hospital, 32nd Hospital Center, Fort Polk, La.

He is also a graduate of the AMEDD Officer Basic Course, the Combat Casualty Care Course, the AMEDD Officer Advanced Course, the Army Command and General Staff College, and U.S. Army War College. His awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with (3 OLC), Army Commendation Medal with (3 OLC), and Army Achievement Medal with (3 OLC). He has also earned the Expert Field Medical Badge, Combat Action Badge, Parachutist Badge, the Air Assault Badge, and is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit.

inComing direCtor

Colonel Sally P. DelVecchio

Colonel Sally P. DelVecchio was born in San Francisco, Calif. and raised in Red Hook, N.Y. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in biochemistry with minor in exercise and sports studies from Smith College. She worked for two years in Boston, Mass. as a research assistant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Colonel DelVecchio joined the Army reserves during medical school in 2003. She graduated from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2006. She completed Internal Medicine internship and residency at Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center in 2009. She completed her Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio , Texas in 2013 where she was also a Primary Care Physician for the Wounded Warrior Battalion.

Colonel DelVecchio’s first staff duty station was Womack Army Medical Center, Ft. Bragg, N.C. In 2013 she deployed to Afghanistan in support of the United Kingdom/US Role 3 hospital for 10 months. When she returned she was appointed OIC of the Pulmonary Clinic which included the Respiratory Therapy Department.

Colonel DelVecchio joined the NCR in 2016 when she changed duty assignments to Walter Reed Bethesda as key clinical faculty for the Pulmonary Fellowship. She officially transferred to Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in 2018 where she became the Fellowship Site Director and then the Chief of the Pulmonary/ RT Department. In 2019 to 2020 she was deployed with the 14th CSH (TF Med 14) to Iraq as the Deputy Commander of Clinical Serviced (DCCS) at the Role 3 hospital in Baghdad for 9 months working with the Department of State Hospital and embassy and the Iraqi Military Medical Command. On return from deployment she was chosen to be the Chief, Department of Medicine at FBCH where she lead 13 clinics and implementing tele critical care with the Joint Tele Critical Care Network. Col. DelVecchio was the ground commander for a 24 member DSCA missions for COVID vaccinations in community bases mobile clinics for 2 months in 2021 in New Jersey. In April 2021, she was named as Deputy DMS at A.T. Augusta Military Medical Center where she assisted in leading 5 departments. She was also the Pulmonary Product Line Chair for the NCR. She has continued to teach, mentor, and practice Pulmonary Critical Care medicine at every opportunity.

Most recently Colonel DelVecchio became the deputy CMO for the NCR Network. She has been working to assist with Ready Reliable Care initiatives, improving communication with patients, Healthcare Risk Management, and standardization of systems in the NCR.

retirement Ceremony

Arrival of the Official Party

Presiding Officer Remarks

Brigadier General Deydre Teyhen

Presentation of Awards

Reading of Orders

Retiree Remarks

Colonel John Ament

The Army Song

Departure of Official Party

Brigadier General Deydre S. Teyhen was born in Canton, Ohio and received her Bachelor of Arts in Sports Science at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1993. She earned her Master’s Degree in Physical Therapy from the U.S. ArmyBaylor University in 1995, completed her Ph.D. in Biomechanics from the University of Texas in 2004, and her Doctoral Degree in Physical Therapy from the Baylor University in 2008. Brig. Gen. Teyhen graduated with honors as a distinguished graduate from the U.S. Army War College with a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies in 2014.

Prior to assuming the Directorship of the National Capital Region Network, Brigadier General Teyhen was the Commanding General of Brooke Army Medical Center and the Deputy Director of the San Antonio Market. Brig. Gen. Teyhen previously served as the Deputy Chief of Staff (Support, G-1/4/6) at the Office of the Surgeon General in Falls Church, Va. During the pandemic, she served as the Department of Defense Lead of Therapeutics for Operation Warp Speed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and as the Commander for Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, the Department of Defense’s largest biomedical research facility. Previously, she Commanded the U.S. Army Health Clinic-Schofield Barracks and Public Health Command Region-South. Previous assignments included Assistant Chief of StaffPublic Health at the Army’s Office of the Surgeon General; Deputy Director, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center at Ft. Detrick, Md.; Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Physical Therapy Research for the U.S. Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Officer-in-Charge of Task Force 10 Delta Med in Al Kut, Iraq; Chief of Musculoskeletal Care Center and Chief of Physical Therapy at Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center, Ft. Meade, Md.; Chief of Outpatient Physical Therapy at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; Chief of Physical Therapy, 21st Combat Support Hospital in Tuzla, Bosnia; and Physical Therapist at Darnall Army Community Hospital at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Brigadier General Teyhen also serves as the 20th Chief, U.S. Army Medical Specialist Corps. Brig. Gen. Teyhen has spent her career focused on improving the delivery of healthcare, holistic health, and readiness (public health, musculoskeletal medicine, behavioral health, resiliency, imaging, and technology). Her research accomplishments include over 225 peerreviewed publications, editorials, book chapters, and published abstracts; 120 presentations at conferences; and 150 invited lectures.

Brigadier General Teyhen’s key military awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (6OLC), the Army Medical Department’s Order of Military Medical Merit, the Surgeon General’s “A” Proficiency Designator, and the U.S. Army War College Commandant’s Award for Distinction in Research. Key civilian awards include Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association, Dissertation Award from the University of Texas, the American Physical Therapy Association, Margaret L. Moore Award for Outstanding New Academic Faculty Member, and inducted into the Kinesiology and Health Education Distinguished Alumna Hall of Honor, University of Texas. She also received the Distinguished Achievement Citation from the Ohio Wesleyan University.

armed serviCes medley

Semper Paratus

So here’s the Coast Guard marching song, We sing on land or sea.

Through surf and storm and howling gale, High shall our purpose be.

“Semper Paratus” is our guide, Our fame, our glory too.

To fight to save or fight to die, Aye! Coast Guard, we are for you!

Semper Supra

We’re the mighty watchful eye, Guardians beyond the blue. The invisible front line, Warfighters brave and true. Boldly reaching into space, There’s no limit to our sky.

Standing guard both night and day, We’re the Space Force from on high!

The Air Force Song

Off we go into the wild blue yonder, Climbing high into the sun; Here they come zooming to meet our thunder, At ‘em boys, Give ‘er the gun!

(Give ‘er the gun now!)

Down we dive, spouting our flame from under, Off with one helluva roar!

We live in fame or go down in flame. Hey! Nothing’ll stop the U.S. Air Force!

Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh, my boys, Anchors Aweigh. Farewell to foreign shores, We sail at break of day-ay-ay-ay. Through our last night ashore, Drink to the foam, Until we meet once more. Here’s wishing you a happy voyage home.

The Marines’ Hymn

From the Halls of Montezuma

To the Shores of Tripoli; We fight our country’s battles In the air, on land and sea; First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our honor clean; We are proud to claim the title of United States Marine.

The Army Goes Rolling Along

First to fight for the right, And to build the Nation’s might, And The Army Goes Rolling Along Proud of all we have done, Fighting till the battle’s won, And the Army Goes Rolling Along.

Then it’s Hi! Hi! Hey! The Army’s on its way. Count off the cadence loud and strong For where e’er we go, You will always know That The Army Goes Rolling Along.

dilorenzo Pentagon

Health Clinic

DiLorenzo Pentagon Health Clinic (DPHC) provides compassionate, quality outpatient, and preventive medical care to our beneficiaries and first echelon emergency medical support at this national landmark while promoting the personal and professional readiness of the DPHC team.

Our goal at DiLorenzo Pentagon Health Clinic is to create the DoD’s premier Patient Centered Medical Home, embracing a culture of excellence in wellness, healthcare, and professionalism. Our highly-credentialed and qualified clinical and administrative staff members are focused on providing world-class healthcare services to all our patients, and we are proud to be a part of the support Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center, formerly Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, provides for our nation’s warriors (active and retired) and their families.

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