Captain Miller is a former “Army Brat” and native of Pendleton, Indiana, who currently serves as the Executive Officer of U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain. He is a 1996 graduate of the University of Evansville, where he played football and earned his Bachelor of Science in business administration, with a focus in healthcare management. He honed his business skills in the Indianapolis health care market and in 2002 was competitively selected for Navy Medicine’s Health Services Collegiate Program. He was commissioned in 2004 upon completion of his Master of Health Administration from Indiana University. His diversity of assignments, on land and at sea, and at home and abroad have allowed him to operate at the tip of the spear and at the edge of a smile!
He served operationally as the Patient Admin Officer during the 2006 USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) Humanitarian Assistance Mission to Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, and Indonesia, and set the standard for subsequent Pacific Partnership missions. In 2008, he volunteered to deploy to Kuwait, where he served as the Operations Officer and Medical Regulating Officer for Medical Task Force-Kuwait and its five downtrace units. In mid-2008, while deployed to MTF-Kuwait, he was highly recruited and selected for a hot-fill Medical Admin Officer billet aboard the forward deployed amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA-5).
During his tours ashore, he served in various positions throughout Navy Medicine to include three consecutive milestone Director for Administration tours at Naval Health Clinic Hawaii, U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, and most recently at Naval Medical Center San Diego. During his first assignment at Naval Medical Center San Diego, he served as the Medical Admin Officer for the Director for Medical Services, and the Executive Assistant to the Executive Steering Committee. In 2007, he transferred to Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, where he was dual tasked as the Medical Admin Officer for the Medical and Surgical Directorates, and also served as the Command Suite Action Officer. He also trained as a member of the Fleet Hospital Team, and led daily staff and dependent accountability requirements during the 2007 Camp Pendleton wildfires. In 2010, he served as a Department Head of Human Resources at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka and was instrumental to mission success and personnel accountability during Operation Tomodachi following the March 2011 Tohuku earthquake and tsunami. In 2012, he returned to Naval Medical Center San Diego and served in leadership roles in Human Resources and Patient Administration before being hand-selected to serve as the Assistant Director for Administration, launching him along his current Executive Medicine career path. He has been a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives since 1999.
His personal awards and decorations include the Navy and Marine Corps Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (three awards), various unit and campaign awards, and is a qualified Surface Warfare Medical Department Officer.