Col. Sarah M. Evans is the Commander and Medical Treatment Facility Director, 55th Medical Group, 55th Wing, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. She is responsible for a four-squadron, 612-person health care delivery system, providing care to more than 51,000 Department of Defense beneficiaries. She oversees the post-graduate education and training of more than 150 medical and dental personnel annually, to include the 55th Medical Group Family Medicine Residency and Dental Residency Programs. Additionally, she serves as the principal medical advisor to the 55th Wing Commander and is responsible for providing comprehensive health services to maintain the highest degree of readiness in support of contingency war mobilization and Homeland Defense plans for Offutt Air Force Base, 50 associate units, U.S. Strategic Command, the 95th Air Base Wing and the 557th Weather Wing.
Col Evans was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. She entered active duty in 1985 when she enlisted in the United States Army as a combat medic. After serving nine years in the Army, she transitioned to the Army Reserves during under-graduate school. In 2000, she received a direct commission into the Air Force Nurse Corps (NC). She has held a variety of positions within the military service and NC career field, including Flight Nurse, Flight Commander, AMC CAG Staff Officer, Junior Executive Nurse Fellow, and Chief for Stakeholder Engagement with the Defense Health Agency. Col Evans has deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and Inherent Resolve. Prior to her current assignment, Col Evans served as the Commander and Medical Treatment Facility Director, 82d Medical Group, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.
EDUCATION
1998 Bachelor of Science, Nursing, Youngstown State University
2007 Squadron Officer School, In Residence
2008 Master of Science in Health, Health Care Management, Trident University
2011 Air Command & Staff College, by correspondence
2014 Air Command & Staff College, In Residence Credit/Fellowship
2017 Air War College, by correspondence
2023 Joint Medical Executive Capstone, Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Va.
2024 Interagency Institute for Federal Health Leaders, Washington D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
2000 – 2003, Clinical Staff Nurse, Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas
2003 – 2005, Flight Nurse/Mission Coordinator, Kadena AFB, Japan
2005 – 2006, Flight Nurse/Chief Patient Safety, Kadena AFB, Japan
2006 – 2007, Clinical Nurse, Family Care Center, Bitburg, Germany
2007 – 2009, Flight Commander/Nurse Manager, Health & Wellness Center/Flight Medicine, Spangdahlem, Germany
2009 – 2012, Chief Aeromedical Operations, Air Operations Center, Scott AFB, Ill.
2012 – 2013, Special Actions Officer, Air Mobility Command Commander’s Action Group, Scott AFB, Ill.
2013 – 2014, Junior Executive Nurse Fellow, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Va.
2014 – 2018, Flight Commander, Family Health, Hill AFB, Utah
2018 – 2019, Commander, 39th Medical Operations Squadron, Incirlik AB, Turkey
2019 – 2021, Commander, 374th Surgical Operations Squadron, Yokota AB, Japan
2021 – 2022, Chief, Stakeholder Engagement, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Va.
2022 – 2023, Commander, 559th Medical Squadron, Randolph AFB, Texas
2023 – 2025, MTF Director/Commander, 82d Medical Group, Sheppard AFB, Texas
2025 – present, MTF Director/Commander, 55th Medical Group, Offutt AFB, Neb.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air and Space Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Achievement Medal
Army Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Meritorious Unit Award with one oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award with six oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal with one service star
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
PROFESSIONAL
Certification Medical-Surgical Nursing, ANCC
(Current as of June 2025)