Colonel COLONEL STEVEN M. FOX

Col Steven Fox is the Commander of the 377th Medical Group, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The 377th Medical Group provides operational and expeditionary medical and dental support to the 377th Air Base Wing, 58th Special Operations Wing, 150th Special Operations Wing of the New Mexico Air National Guard, and more than 100 mission partners. He leads a team of 300 military and civilian healthcare professionals providing care for 34,000 beneficiaries, manages a $26 million budget, and serves as the principal medical advisor to the 377th Air Base Wing Commander. He is responsible for providing comprehensive health services to maintain the highest degree of readiness for nuclear surety operations, contingency war mobilization, and Homeland Defense plans. Col Fox leads a sharing venture with New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System to enhance the quality and delivery of health services, while building strong foundations for continuing medical education and clinical readiness currency.

After enlisting as a Health Services Management Apprentice in August of 1998, he promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant, before commissioning into the Medical Service Corps in 2003. Over his 26-year career, Col Fox has cultivated experiences in medical  logistics,  expeditionary  medical  operations,

personnel and administration, and group practice management at both the facility and headquarters level, prior to his time as a commander. He completed two squadron command assignments at Spangdahlem Air Base and Nellis Air Force Base, respectively. After Air War College at Maxwell AFB, he was the Chief, Health Care Operations Support Division, Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia. Colonel Fox has deployed three times—as a Battle Captain leading medical evacuation operations for Combined Joint Task Force-76, as an administrator in a Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility, and as the lead for Patient Administration at Craig Joint Theater Hospital, Bagram, Afghanistan. He grew up all over the world, but calls San Antonio, Texas his “adopted hometown.” Steven is married to Megan Fox (formerly Mullins) and they have two daughters, Aubrey and Savannah. 

ASSIGNMENTS

1. November 1998 – April 2003, Various assignments, as Health Services Management Apprentice/Journeyman
2. August 2003 – April 2004, Medical Logistics Intern, 55th Logistics Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
3. April 2004 – December 2005, Medical Logistics Flight Commander, 325th Medical Group, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
4. January 2006 – May 2007, Chief, Expeditionary Medical Operations, 325th Medical Group, Tyndall AFB, Fla. (September 2006 – January 2007, Battle Captain, CJTF-76, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan)
5. June 2007 – June 2008, AFIT Student, Army-Baylor MHA/MBA Program, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
6. July 2008 – June 2009, AFIT Student, Mike O’Callaghan Federal Hospital/Mountain View Hospital, Las Vegas, Nev.
7. June 2009 – November 2009, Executive Officer, and Flight Commander, Personnel and Administration, 99th Medical Group, Nellis AFB, Nev.
8. December 2009 – August 2012, Group Practice Manager, Mike O’Callaghan Federal Hospital, Nellis AFB, Nev. (January 2010 – May 2010, Administrator, 451st CASF, Camp Bastion, Afghanistan)
9. August 2012 – July 2013, Education With Industry, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pa.
10. July 2013 – October 2015, Senior Group Practice Manager, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas (October 2014 — April 2015, Patient Administration Element Chief, Craig Joint Theater Hospital, Bagram AB, Afghanistan)
11. October 2015 – June 2017, Flight Commander, Family Health, JB San Antonio-Lackland, Texas
12. July 2017 – June 2018, Air Force Medical Home Business Operations Consultant, Air Force Medical Operations Agency, JB San Antonio-Kelly, Texas
13. June 2018 – June 2019, Commander, 52d Medical Support Squadron and Administrator, Spangdahlem AB, Germany
14. July 2019 – June 2020, Commander, 52d Medical Support Squadron, Deputy Commander and Administrator, 52d Medical Group, Spangdahlem AB, Germany
15. June 2020 – June 2022, Commander, 99th Medical Support Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev.
16. August 2023 -- June 2023, Student Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
17. June 2023 – Present, Chief, Healthcare Operations Support Division, Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Va.