Telita Crosland

Telita Crosland
Official portrait, 2023
Born	Brooklyn, New York
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Years of service	1985–2025
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Defense Health Agency Regional Health Command Atlantic U.S. Army Medical Department Activity U.S. Army Health Clinic Grafenwoehr
Awards	Army Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit (3)

Telita Crosland is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as director of the Defense Health Agency from 3 January 2023 to 28 February 2025. She previously served as deputy surgeon general of the United States Army. ^{[1] [2]}

Education

Crosland was born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1989, she graduated from the United States Military Academy. She holds an MD degree and an MPH degree. ^[3]

Military career

In May 2022, Crosland was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as director of the Defense Health Agency. ^[4] Her nomination was confirmed by the Senate on 29 September 2022. ^[5] Crosland resigned from her assignment as director on 28 February 2025. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. "| Army Medicine". armymedicine.health.mil.
2. "Major General Telita Crosland - General Officer Management Office".
3. "AUSA". 4 October 2017.
4. "MG Telita Crosland '89 Selected for Appointment to LTG". West Point Association of Graduates. 3 October 2022. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
5. "PN2074 - 1 nominee for Army, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
6. Brook, Tom Vanden. "Black woman general in charge of military health care resigns abruptly". USA Today. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
7. Ali, Idrees; Stewart, Phil (28 February 2025). "Exclusive: Trump administration pushed out US military health agency head, officials say". Reuters . Retrieved 3 March 2025.

External links

• Media related to Telita Crosland at Wikimedia Commons
• Department of Defense biography preserved at Internet Archive

Military offices
Preceded by R. Scott Dingle	Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the United States Army Medical Command 2017–2018	Succeeded by Erik H. Torring III
	Commanding General of Regional Health Command—Atlantic 2018–2019	Succeeded by Michael L. Place
	Deputy Commanding General (Operations) of the United States Army Medical Command 2019–2021	Succeeded by Michael J. Talley
	Deputy Surgeon General of the United States Army 2019–2022	Succeeded by George Appenzeller
Preceded by Ronald J. Place	Director of the Defense Health Agency 2023–2025	Succeeded by David J. Smith Acting