Executive Officer

Biography

A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Captain Lang earned a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from The University of Utah College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and a Master of Public Health and Health Services Administration from The University of Utah School of Medicine.

Captain Lang was commissioned into the Medical Service Corps in August 2000. His junior officer tours included U.S. Naval Hospital, Keflavik, Iceland, USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD 6), and U.S. Naval Hospital, Guam.

Captain Lang completed staff officer tours at U.S. Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii where was a Medical Plans and Operations Fellow and lead medical planner for Pacific Partnership 2010; NORAD/U.S. Northern Command, Colorado Springs, Colorado as Deputy Chief, Medical Plans and Operations; and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, as Defense Health Agency Liaison and Deputy Surgeon.

Captain Lang has completed four milestone Director For Administration tours at Naval Health Clinic, Hawaii; Navy & Marine Corps Public Health Center, Portsmouth, Virginia; Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, California; and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center | The President’s Hospital.

Career deployments include Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003 & 2005), Pacific Partnership (2013), and Pacific Angel (2014).

In 2025 CAPT Lang reported as Executive Officer to Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command (NMRTC) Bethesda.  NMRTC Bethesda is the Navy element supporting Walter Reed clinical operations.  In this role he leads 1100 staff, 300 GME students, and ensures readiness and clinical training requirements are met and exceeded for six deployable units.

Captain Lang is a qualified Surface Warfare Medical Department Officer.  His personal awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (2 awards), Meritorious Service Medal (3 awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2 awards), and various other service and unit awards.

Captain Lang and his wife Chantelle have two grown children and two dogs.