Colonel (ret) John T. Groves Jr is a native of Portage, Indiana.  He received his commission as an Army Nurse Corps officer in 1987 after graduating from Indiana University with a Bachelor’s Degree in 1987 and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Nurse Specialist from the from the University of Kentucky.  He is also a graduate of the US Army’s Command and General Staff College and was selected to attend the Army War College Command.

Colonel Groves has held multiple positions of leadership throughout his career.  He currently serves as the Director for Disaster Nursing at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an adjunct faculty at the Harvard school of Emergency Medicine.  His previous assignments include Chief Nursing Officer at Madigan Army Medical Center Deputy Commander for Nursing, US Army Medical Department Activity (MEDDAC), Fort Drum, and Assistant Deputy Commander of Nursing, Fort Riley, and Operations Officer, Fort Carson.  In 2001, Colonel Groves was hand selected to implement the congressionally mandated Army Trauma Training Center program at the University of Miami as the Director of Trauma.  He was also assigned as the Chief, Department of Nursing, Special Operations Medical Sergeants Course, Fort Sam Houston.

Colonel Groves deployed with the 10th Combat Support Hospital in 2006 during one of the worst years of our war on terrorism; his young team was highlighted in several national publications and a documentary produced by CNN.  One of his signature contributions to the AMEDD’s effort to improve survival rates on the battlefield came as the author of the first-ever resuscitation record for pre-hospital treatment, which was implemented for use in both theaters of operation.

Colonel Groves’ awards include the Legion of Merit Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and Army Achievement Medal.  He is a member of the Military Order of Medical Merit and has earned the Army Parachutist Badge.

He and his wife Lita have three daughters, Maggie, Emma, and Isabel.