Commander

CAPT Darryl P. Arfsten

Medical Service Corps, U.S. Navy

Captain Darryl P. Arfsten hails from Springfield, Illinois and earned his undergraduate degree in Environmental Biology from Eastern Illinois University, a Masters in Toxicology from the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. in Toxicology from the University of Maryland at Baltimore. He is a prior member of both the Illinois and Maryland Army National Guard serving 13 years as an active drilling Guardsman. Captain Arfsten received a direct commission into the US Navy as a Lieutenant as a biochemist in the Medical Service Corps in December of 2000.

Captain Arfsten has served as a biochemist and Plans, Operations, and Medical Intelligence officer during his career. He served as a biochemist at the Naval Health Research Center Detachment, Wight Patterson AFB, and Navy Drug Screening Laboratory Jacksonville, Florida and as a POMI officer for 3d Marine Logistics Group, Okinawa and Deputy Surgeon, Marine Forces Reserve Headquarters, New Orleans, Louisiana. Captain Arfsten also served as an Embedded Training Team member, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) from 2009 to 2010.

Captain Arfsten has served in various Executive Medicine positions including Executive Officer of Field Medical Training Battalion East, Commanding Officer Navy Drug Screening Laboratory Jacksonville, Commanding Officer 3d Medical Battalion Okinawa, and Commanding Officer Expeditionary Medical Facility-Kilo, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He has received the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (4th award), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (4th award) and other personal decorations.