Brigadier General Roger S. Giraud
Deputy Surgeon General, The Office of the Surgeon General
21st Chief, U.S. Army Medical Service Corps
BG Roger S. Giraud is a 1991 Distinguished Military Graduate of Texas A&M University. He earned a B.S. in Biomedical Science in 1991 and after an educational delay, a B.S. in Animal Science in 1993. He earned his Masters of Health Administration from Baylor University in 2004 and a Masters of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College in 2015.
Previous duty assignments include Medical Platoon Leader, 1- 12 CAV, 1CD, FT Hood, TX; Executive Officer, C Company, 15th FSB, 1CD; S2/3, 15th FSB, 1CD; S4, Division Support Command, 1CD; Support Operations Maintenance Officer, 201st FSB, 1st 1ID; Commanding Officer, C Company, 201st FSB, 1ID at Camp Monteith, Kosovo, Operation Joint Guardian and Rose Barracks, Vilseck, Germany; Graduate Student, U.S. Army-Baylor University Graduate Program in Health Care Administration, FT Sam Houston, TX; Health Care Administrative Resident, 121st GH, 18th Medical Command, Seoul, Korea; Chief, Clinical Support Division, 121st GH; Operations Officer and Small Group Instructor, AMEDD Captains’ Career Course, FT Sam Houston, TX; Executive Officer, 421st MMB, Wiesbaden Army Airfield and deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom, Joint Base Balad, Iraq; Operations Staff Officer, HQDA, OTSG, Pentagon; Commanding Officer, 43rd Special Troops Battalion, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, FT Carson, CO; Assistant Chief of Staff, Logistics, CJ4/G4, International Security Assistance Force Regional Command – South/4th Infantry Division and deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan; Chief, G35 Plans Division, USAMEDCOM and HQDA, OTSG, Falls Church, VA; Executive Officer to The Surgeon General, HQDA OTSG and CG, USAMEDCOM, Pentagon, VA; Commanding Officer, 2d Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, Camp Humphreys, Korea; and Chief of Staff, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-US Combined Division; Commanding Officer, 1st Medical Brigade, Fort Hood, TX; Director of Policy and Force Integration, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-357, HQDA OTSG and USAMEDCOM, and Deputy Commanding General – Operations, USAMEDCOM; Commanding General, Medical Readiness Command, Europe; Command Surgeon, US Army Europe and Africa; Director, Defense Health Network Europe, and the 21st Chief of the US Army Medical Service Corps. He currently serves as the Deputy Surgeon General in The Office of the Surgeon General.
BG Giraud’s decorations include the Legion of Merit (3 OLC), Bronze Star Medal (1 OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (1 SLC), Army Commendation Medal (4 OLC), Army Achievement Medal (2 OLC), Expert Field Medical Badge, Parachutist Badge, Army Staff Identification Badge, German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge (Gold), Order of Saint Michael, Order of Saint Barbara, and Order of Military Medical Merit. BG Giraud was awarded The Surgeon General’s “A” Proficiency Designator for professional achievement in the Medical Service Corps.
BG Giraud is married to the former Kelly Hannan of Williamsport, PA and they have one daughter, Madeleine (21). Team Giraud enjoys the outdoors, hunting, fishing, traveling, skiing, and their myriad of four-legged family members.