Col. Mark D. Reynolds is the Commander, 509th Medical Group, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. He leads 280 personnel and is responsible for ensuring the execution of an annual operations and maintenance budget of $13 million supporting wartime readiness at the Air Force’s only B-2 Bomb Wing. Col Reynolds oversees $27 million in civilian network healthcare, $1.2 million in services contracts, $2 million homeland defense assets, and a $54 million, three-facility medical campus providing 68,000 annual visits to 11,500 enrolled beneficiaries. He is responsible for the health and fitness for duty of 4,800 active-duty members including 1,600 personnel in the Personnel Reliability and Arming and Use of Force programs in support of strategic nuclear deterrence and surety. Additionally, Col. Reynolds provides medical support to the Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Bomb Wing; Air Force Reserve Command's 442nd Fighter Wing; Air Combat Command's 20th Attack Squadron; and the Missouri Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 135th Aviation Unit.
Col. Reynolds hails from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and received his commission after graduating from the University of Missouri, St. Louis, in 2001. Previously, he served eight years in the Missouri Army National Guard as a heavy equipment operator and was a branch operations manager for Norwest Financial (Wells Fargo), a Fortune 500 Corporation. Since his commissioning in 2001, he has served in three of the five Medical Service Corps’ functional areas, to include, the squadron, group and headquarters levels. He is married and has two children.
EDUCATION
1996 Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
2001 Master’s of Business Administration, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
2002 U.S. Air Force Health Services Administration School, Sheppard AFB, TX
2005 Squadron Officer School (correspondence)
2008 Air Command and Staff College (correspondence)
2013 Air War College (correspondence)
ASSIGNMENTS
1. April 2002 – March 2003, Financial Element Chief, 375th Medical Support Squadron, Scott AFB, IL
2. March 2003 – April 2004, Deputy Resource Management Flight Commander, 375th Medical Support Squadron, Scott AFB, IL
3. April 2004 – August 2004, Group Practice Manager, 375th Medical Support Squadron, Scott AFB, IL
4. August 2004 – January 2005, Deputy Administrator, 435th Contingency Aero-medical Staging Facility, Ramstein AB, Germany
5. January 2005 – May 2005, Group Executive Officer, 375th Medical Group, Scott AFB, IL
6. May 2005 – June 2006, Resource Management Flight Commander, 509th Medical Support Squadron, Whiteman AFB, MO
7. June 2006 – March 2008, Medical Logistics Flight Commander, 509th Medical Support Squadron, Whiteman AFB, MO
8. March 2008 – May 2008, Group Practice Manager, 509th Medical Group, Whiteman AFB, MO
9. May 2008 – October 2008, Administrator, 376th Medical Group, Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan
10. October 2008 – June 2012, Chief, Manpower Plans Branch, Air Force Medical Operations Agency, Lackland AFB, TX
11. June 2012 – June 2013, Deputy Chief, Manpower Programs Division, Air Force Medical Operations Agency, Lackland AFB, TX
12. June 2013 – June 2014, Administrator, 21st Medical Group, Peterson AFB, CO
13. June 2014 – July 2017, Commander, 21st Medical Support Squadron and Administrator, 21st Medical Group, Peterson AFB, CO
14. July 2017 – July 2018, Medical Fellow, Air Force Directorate of Manpower, Organization and Resources, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Va.
15. July 2018 – July 2019, Chief, Air Force Medical Service Manpower Programs, Air Force Medical Support Agency, Falls Church, VA
16. July 2019 – July 2020, Deputy Chief of Resourcing, Air Force Medical Readiness Agency, Falls Church, VA
17. July 2020 – Present, Commander, 509th Medical Group, Whiteman AFB, MO
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Unit Award with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with one oak leaf cluster
Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal
National Defense Service Medal with one device
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with gold border and one device
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
First Lieutenant Dec. 16, 2001
Captain Dec. 16, 2003
Major Dec. 1, 2008
Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 1, 2013
Colonel Aug. 1, 2020
(Current as of August 2020)