Family, friends, US Army colleagues join to honor Pennsylvania native during promotion [Image 2 of 4]

FORT DETRICK, MD, UNITED STATES

07.10.2023

Photo by Cameron Parks 

U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA)

Newly promoted Lt. Col. Dana Bal is “pinned” by her daughter, M., and husband, Lt. Col. Joshua Bal, during a ceremony at the headquarters of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity, Fort Detrick, Md., July 10, 2023. Bal is a pharmacist and assistant program manager with USAMMDA’s Warfighter Brain Health Project Management Office. Raised in Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania, Bal graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and earned her commission in 2008 before being awarded a Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) educational delay to complete pharmacy school. She became an Army pharmacist in 2010 and has since served in various roles across the world, from Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington to Baghdad, Iraq, and the Republic of Korea to Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. (Official U.S. Army Photo by Cameron E. Parks/Released)

• Date Taken: 07.10.2023
• Date Posted: 07.11.2023 10:37
• Photo ID: 7904158
• VIRIN: 230710-A-XH454-1082
• Resolution: 6048x4024
• Size: 1.78 MB
• Location: FORT DETRICK, MD, US