BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN " BRIGADIER GENERAL PATRICK D. SARGENT " HE SERVED WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL CROPS : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

BLACK     SOCIAL     HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    BG Patrick D. Sargent
Brigadier General Patrick D. Sargent was a Distinguished Military Graduate and commissioned as an Adjutant General Corps Officer from The Florida State University ROTC Program. His first duty assignment was with the 502nd Personnel Services Company, 2nd Armored Division where he served as the Assistant Chief Administrative Services Division, Company Executive Officer and Chief, Soldier Actions Branch. He branch-transferred to the Medical Service Corps and reported to Fort Rucker, Alabama to attend Flight School and the UH-60A (Blackhawk) Transition. In October 1988, he served in Korea as a Flight Platoon Leader and Company Flight Operations Officer with the 377th Medical Company (Air Ambulance). Upon returning to the States in 1989, he joined the 2nd Armored Division for a second tour as the Chief, Division Medical Operations Center. Brigadier General Sargent deployed to Operation Desert Shield/Storm as an Aero medical Evacuation Pilot with the 236th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) and later as Commander, Charlie Company, 115th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. He changed command in June 1992 to become an Instructor with the Army Medical Department Center and School Officer Basic and Advanced Courses. In June 1994, he returned to Korea to become the S-2/3, 52nd Medical Evacuation Battalion. Upon returning to the States in 1995, he served as a Medical Service Corps Branch Career Manager. He graduated from the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1997 and returned to Fort Hood, Texas. From 1997 to 2000, Brigadier General Sargent served as the Executive Officer, 36th Medical Evacuation Battalion and later as Commander, 507th Medical Company (AA). In April of 2000, he was selected as an Army Congressional Fellow and reassigned to Washington, D.C. serving in the Army Senate Liaison Division on Capitol Hill. In January 2001, he was selected to serve as a Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Richard J. Durbin. At the conclusion of the 106th Congress, he became the Director of Congressional Operations for the Army Surgeon General. From June 2002 to June 2004, Brigadier General Sargent was Commander of the 421st Medical Evacuation Battalion, Wiesbaden, Germany deploying in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. In July 2004, he returned to the States to attend the National War College. Upon completion of the National War College, he became the Executive Officer to the Chief of Army Legislative Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Army. In June of 2006, Brigadier General Sargent assumed command of the 62nd Medical Brigade and returned to Iraq as the Commander of the Medical Task Force completing a 15-month tour in October 2008. After changing command in December 2008, Brigadier General Sargent returned to Washington, D.C. to become the Chief of Staff for the Army’s Warrior Transition Command. In June 2011, Brigadier General Sargent returned to Fort Hood to command the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center. In April 2013, he relinquished command to become the Special Assistant to the Army Surgeon General. On 1 July 2013, he became the MEDCOM G-3/5/7. On 7 November 2014, BG Sargent was named the 18th Corps Chief of the Medical Service Corps. Brigadier General Sargent is a graduate of the Adjutant General Officer Basic Course, Initial Entry Rotary Wing Course, Aviation Officer Advanced Course, Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Command and General Staff College, and the National War College. He holds a Master of Arts Degree in Human Resource Development from Webster University, and a Master of Science Degree in National Security Strategy from the National Defense University, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from The Florida State University. In 2011 he earned a Certificate in Healthcare Leadership from Cornell University. His awards include the Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star Medal (1 OLC), Meritorious Service (4 OLC), Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal with (2 OLC), and an Army Achievement Medal with (1 OLC). He has earned the Expert Field Medical Badge, Senior Army Aviator Badge, Parachute Qualification Badge, Air Assault Badge, and the Army Staff Identification Badge. Brigadier General Sargent is board certified in Healthcare Administration and a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit and Order of Saint Michael. In 2003, he was selected by the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. as their Department of Defense recipient of the prestigious General Benjamin O. Davis Jr., National Military Award. Most recently, Brigadier General Sargent was awarded the Army Surgeon General's prestigious 9A Proficiency Designator for being eminently qualified as an Aeromedical Evacuation Officer.