Colonel Darren J. Damiani

Col. Darren J. Damiani is Commander and Medical Treatment Facility Director at the 7th Medical Group, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. He leads two medical squadrons with 250 personnel providing health services to the 7th Bomb Wing, 317th Airlift Wing, 13 associate units, their families, and retirees. With an operating budget of $13 million, he oversees safe, quality medical care for 20,000 beneficiaries in the Abilene area and ensures medical readiness for 4,700 active-duty Airmen, directly supporting global reach and strike capability. In addition, he generates mission-ready medical professionals for global taskings. He also serves as the senior medical advisor to the two wing commanders on all policies and issues impacting the health and wellness of Team Dyess.

Col. Damiani brings 35 years of broad-based military nursing and leadership expertise. He has worked in varied nursing and technician roles to include inpatient medicine-pediatrics-oncology, outpatient oncology, internal medicine, family practice, general surgery, wound care, hemodialysis, psychiatry, and aeromedical evacuation. Prior to this assignment, Col. Damiani served as Chief Nurse Executive at the 59th Medical Operations Group, then as commander of the 341st Operational Medical Readiness Squadron and Chief Nurse of the 341st Medical Group, at Malmstrom AFB in MT. Besides his Commander duties, Col. Damiani also continues to practice as a Family Nurse Practitioner.

EDUCATION
1990 Basic Military Training, Lackland AFB, Texas
1990 Medical Service Specialist, Sheppard AFB, Texas
1998 Bachelors of Science in Nursing, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN
1999 Commissioned Officers Training, Maxwell AFB, AL
2004 Squadron Officer School, Correspondence
2005 Combat Casualty Care Course (C-4)
2006 Squadron Officer School (in residence), Maxwell AFB, AL
2008 Wound Care Specialty Course, Medical University of South Carolina
2013 Masters of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner, USUHS, Bethesda, MD
2014 Air Command and Staff College, Correspondence
2016 Air Force Medical Home Operations (Resident), Ft Sam Houston, Texas
2018 Healthcare Profession Education and Training Course, Ft Sam Houston, Texas
2020 Air War College, Correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1989 – January 1999, Aeromedical Evacuation Technician, 109 AES, MN Air National Guard, St Paul, MN
2. January 1999 – August 1999, Nurse, 109 AES, MN Air National Guard, St Paul, MN
3. October 1999 – June 2001, Staff Nurse, Multi Service Adult-Pediatric Med-Onc Unit, 81 MDG, Keesler AFB, Miss.
4. June 2001 – January 2002, Staff Nurse, Oncology Clinic, 81st Medical Group, Keesler AFB, Miss.
5. January 2002 – January 2003, Staff Nurse, Internal Medicine Clinic, 81st Medical Group, Keesler AFB, Miss.
6. January 2003 – January 2004, Staff Nurse, Family Practice Clinic, 90th MDG, FE Warren AFB, WY
7. February 2004 – January 2007, Nurse Manager, Family Practice Clinic, 86 MDG, Sembach AB, Germany
8. February 2007 – February 2009, Charge Nurse, Multi Service Unit, 673rd Medical Group, Elmendorf AFB, AK
9. February 2009 – May 2011, Nurse Manage, Surgery-Wound Clinic, 673rd Medical Group, Elmendorf AFB, AK
10. May 2011 – May 2013, FNP Student, Uniform Services University, Bethesda, MD
11. June 2013 – June 2018, Family Nurse Practitioner/Team Lead, 23rd Medical Group, Moody AFB, GA
12. June 2018 – June 2021, Chief Nurse Executive, 460th Medical Group, Buckley AFB, Colo.
13. June 2021 – July 2022, Commander, 341st OMRS; Chief Nurse 341st Medical Group, Malmstrom AFB, MT
14. August 2022 – June 2025, Chief Nurse Executive, 59th Medical Operations Group, JBSA-Lackland, Texas
15. July 2025 – Present, Commander and MTF Director, 7th Medical Group, Dyess AFB, Texas