2. Alan Bruns is a Colorado Native and after graduating from Lamar High School, attended Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology in 1983 and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army.
3. 1983 With Dad, Mom & his adorable sister, Aimee ROTC Banquet With Miss Joyce Commissioning
4. 2nd Lieutenant Alan Bruns received a one year educational delay and married his beloved sweetheart, Joyce Thompson (originally from Chicago) on March 11, 1984 in Tucson, Arizona
5. 1984 Wedding Day Notice the Airborne Shirt Hanging out with Joe in Old Tucson
6. 2nd Lieutenant Alan Bruns attended the Chemical Officer Basic Course at Ft. McClellan, Alabama finishing as an Honor Graduate.
8. 1984 How to Respond to a Chemical Attack! 19 weeks of training! Thank you Very much! Gas, Gas, Gas!!!
9. 1st Lieutenant Alan Bruns assigned as Battalion Assistant S-3/ Chemical Officer for the 6th Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, Berlin Brigade, West Berlin, Germany; and Assistant Brigade Chemical Officer/ Team Leader of the 72nd Chemical Detachment, Berlin Brigade, West Berlin, Germany during the . Cold War
10. 1984-1986 Having fun behind the Iron Curtain 76 th Chemical Detachment Brandenburg Gate West Berlin, Germany
12. 1984-1986 Joshua- Ich bin ein Berliner Heidelberg Castle Chemical Ball West Berlin, Germany
13. 2 nd Lieutenant ( AGAIN ) Alan Bruns attended the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine of the Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland with rotations at Bethesda Naval Hospital and Walter Reed Army Medical Center in D.C., and earned his Medical Degree in 1990 and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical Honor society.
18. Captain Alan Bruns graduated from his internship in 1991 and residency in 1995 at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii and is now a Board Certified Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgeon.
22. Major Alan Bruns Chief of Otolaryngology, Keller Army Hospital, West Point, New York where he also was the Head and Neck Staff for Surgical Residents at the Castle Point Veteran’s Medical Center, and the Otolaryngology Consultant, Patterson Army Community Hospital, Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey.
26. Lieutenant Colonel Alan Bruns became the Chief of Otolaryngology, Evans Army Hospital, Ft. Carson, Colorado and eventually the Chief of the Department of Surgery.
27. 1999-2006 ENT Clinic Team Building Clinic Hand-Off From LTC Meyer Evans Army Community Hospital
33. Colonel Alan Bruns from July 2006 – March 2007, was the Surgical Consultant/ Clinical Operations Officer/ Head and Neck Trauma Surgeon for the Task Force 3rd Medical Command, Multinational Corps-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq.
34. Trying to get to Iraq Yes, Kuwait is hot in August! 2006-2007
53. Colonel Alan Bruns Completed additional military training of greater than 2 weeks in other states including California, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, & Wisconsin. And spent two weeks in Kuwait and three weeks in the Marshall Islands
54. Army Slogans that Influenced his career Be all you can be- 1981 (Convinced him to sign up) Army of One- 2001 (Considered leaving, but would have left an Army of Zero) Army Strong- 2006 (Started going to the gym)
55. Home is where the Army sends you… Alabama Trailer Colorado Springs First Home! West Point Government Quarters Maryland Town Home Berlin Apartment Honolulu Government Quarters Baghdad Trailer Back to a
56. A few places of work. Tripler Army Medical Center Honolulu Berlin Brigade HQ Keller Army Hospital West Point Bethesda Naval Hospital Uniformed Services University Evans Army Hospital Ft. Carson Baghdad & Balad, Iraq Walter Reed Medical Center Washington D.C.
