Colonel ADRIANNE M. KETELSEN

Colonel Ketelsen serves as the 559th Medical Squadron Commander in the 559th Medical Group, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. As the squadron commander, she oversees operations for 310 active duty and civilian personnel across nine flights, enabling 134K outpatient appointments to 25,000 beneficiaries yearly. Colonel Ketelsen leads services and equips 10 clinics to include joint DoD/VA dental care in the delivery of $93M in healthcare. The Squadron provides comprehensive medical and dental care, aerospace physiology training, disaster response, health promotion, and occupational/public health services to nearly 30 mission partners at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. She supports 1.2K flyers executing 23K sorties per year and drives base safety and security safeguarding 545K gallons of water per day. In addition, Colonel Ketelsen oversees an annual budget of $15M along with plans and programs integral to the operational and support missions for Team Randolph.

Colonel Ketelsen commissioned in 2002 through San Diego State University’s Air Force ROTC program as a Distinguished Graduate. She has worked at three of the Air Force’s largest military hospitals as a clinical nurse and has also helped enable the Air Force’s aeromedical evacuation mission as a flight nurse. Additionally, she served two consecutive commanders as the Aide-de-Camp to the Commander, Air Force District of

Washington. Colonel Ketelsen has deployed four times in support of Operations IRAQI and ENDURING FREEDOM.

EDUCATION

2002 Bachelor of Science, Nursing, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA 2005 Master of Public Health (Summa Cum Laude), Trident University International 2007 Squadron Officer School (Residence), Maxwell AFB, AL

2008 Flight Nurse Training (Distinguished Graduate), Brooks City-Base, TX 2013 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence

2019 Air War College, by correspondence

2023 Masters in Strategic Studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, AL

ASSIGNMENTS

1. June 2002 – October 2002, Assistant Recruiter, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 075, San Diego State University, CA.

2. October 2002 – March 2005, Clinical Nurse, Medical Oncology Unit, 60th Medical Operations Squadron, Travis AFB, CA.

3. March 2005 – September 2006, Clinical Nurse, Multi-Service Unit, 79th Medical Operations Squadron, Andrews AFB, MD.

4. September 2006 – July 2008, Aide-de-Camp to the Commander, Air Force District of Washington, Andrews AFB, MD.

5. July 2008 – October 2009. Flight Nurse and Infection Control Officer, 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Scott AFB, IL.

6. October 2009 – January 2010, Flight Nurse Instructor and Infection Control Officer, 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Scott AFB, IL.

7. January 2010 – July 2010, Flight Nurse Examiner, 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Scott AFB, IL.

8. July 2010 – August 2012, Operations Group Flight Nurse Examiner, 375th Operations Group, Scott AFB, IL.

9. August 2012 – September 2013, Element Leader, Same-day Surgery Unit, 59th Surgical Operations Squadron, Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgery Center, JBSA - Lackland, TX.