Col. Angela M. Montellano is the Commander, 374th Medical Group, Yokota Air Base, Japan, and the Command Surgeon for the 5th Air Force and U.S. Forces Japan. She is responsible for the health and wellness of 11,000 beneficiaries at Yokota Air Base, the U.S. Embassy Japan, 5th Air Force, U.S. Forces, Japan, and 16 geographically separated units across the Pacific. The 374th Medical Group is a 19-clinic/15-patient bedded facility, comprised of five squadrons and more than 485 personnel. As the 5th Air Force/U.S. Forces Japan Surgeon, Colonel Montellano serves as the air component surgeon to U.S. Forces Japan and is responsible for all medical policy for U.S. forces within Japan.
Colonel Montellano received a Doctorate of Dental Medicine from Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine in 1995. She entered the Air Force immediately after graduation where she was stationed at Scott AFB and completed a one-year residency in General Dentistry. She graduated in 2004 from a two-year residency in Endodontics at Wilford Hall Medical Center. Col Montellano is a Diplomat of the American Board of Endodontics. Her assignments have included Peterson AFB, Kadena AB, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Barksdale AFB, Hill AFB and Hurlburt Field where she was the 1st Special Operations Dental Squadron Commander. She has also served as Chief, Clinical Dentistry Division at Air Force Medical Operations Agency-South where she was the primary advisor to the Director, Air Force Dental Operations on personnel and operations issues related to development and implementation of Air Force Dental Service programs. She graduated in June 2013 from the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Management.
EDUCATION
1995 Doctor of Dental Medicine, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
1996 Advanced Education in General Dentistry (1 year), Scott AFB, Illinois
2001 Squadron Officer School, in residence
2003 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2004 Residency in Endodontics, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas
2007 Air War College, by correspondence
2013 Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy
ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1995 - June 1998, Resident in General Dentistry/ General Dentist, Scott AFB, Illinois
2. July 1998 - June 2000, General Dentist, Peterson AFB, Colorado
3. July 2000 - June 2003, General Dentist, Kadena AB, Japan
4. July 2003 - June 2004, Resident in Endodontics, Lackland, Texas
5. July 2004 - July 2008, Chief of Endodontics, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
6. June 2008 - June 2010, Commander, 75th Dental Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah
7. July 2010 - December 2011, Chief of Dental Program Management, Air Force Medical Operations Agency, Lackland AFB, Texas
8. December 2011 - July 2012, Chief of Clinical Dentistry Division Air Force Medical Operations Agency, Lackland AFB, Texas
9. August 2012 - June 2013, Student, Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, Fort Lesley McNair, Washington, District of Columbia
10. July 2013 - May 2014, Commander, 1st Special Operations Dental Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida
11. May 2014 - Present, Commander, 374th Medical Group, Yokota AB, Japan
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Captain 1 July 1995
Major 26 June 2001
Lieutenant Colonel 25 May 2007
Colonel 24 May 2011
(Current as of May 2015)