CSM Das’Chara Champ

Command Sergeant Major Das’Chara Champ currently serves as the Command Sergeant Major to the Fort Meade MEDDAC which includes multiple U.S. Army health clinics.  In this role, she serves as the Fort Meade MEDDAC commander’s principal military advisor on all enlisted matters affecting training, utilization, health of the force in order to maintain medically ready and ready medical forces to support the Army mission.

CSM Das’Chara Champ is a native from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, raised in South Carolina. She began her career in the U.S. Army on 24 February 1999 as Healthcare Administration. She completed Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonardwood, Missouri and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Sam Houston, TX.

Her assignments include Patient Administration Specialist, at Geibelstadt Army Health Clinic, Geibelstadt Germany. Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, sustaining different duties within the Patient Administration Division. 45^th Sustainment Brigade, Schofield Barracks, HI as Medical Regulating NCO. 45^th Sustainment Brigade, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom FOB Q-West, as Medical Regulating NCO. Warrior Transition Battalion A Co, Squad Leader. WTB, C Co, Platoon Sergeant. Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI as Equal Opportunity Advisor. Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI as NCOIC, Medical Records Branch. 62^nd Medical BDE, JBLM, Washington, Medical Regulating NCOIC. 62^nd MED BDE, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Kabul, Afghanistan as CJOC SGM, & AEROMEDICAL OPS NCO. USA Joint Health Services Agency, HQDA Office of the Surgeon General Falls Church, VA as Patient Administration Staff NCO. Alpha Company, Troop Command, Fort Belvoir, VA as the Alpha Company First Sergeant. Office of the Surgeon General, Falls Church, VA, MEDCOM G-3/5/7 SGM, with a follow-on assignment as the USARPAC ACSMED Command Surgeon SGM, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

CSM Champ’s military education includes 71G Patient Administration Specialists, Warrior Leader Course (WLC), Advanced Leader Course (ALC), Senior Leader Course (SLC), Cadre Training, Army Basic Instructor Course (ABIC), Small Group Instructor Trainer Course, Equal Opportunity Leader Course, Unit Prevention Leader Course, Master Resilience Course, SHARP Certification Course, 1SG/Commander Course, Basic Healthcare Administration Course, Knowledge Management Course, the United States Sergeants Majors Academy Course (USASMA) class 46 Non-Resident, Division Surgeon Course, 70H Course, BN Pre-Command/CMD SGM course and the CSM Development Program Course. CSM Champ’s civilian education includes a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with a core in Human Resource Management, and a Masters Degree in Strategic Leadership (Cum Laude) from Trident University International.   

CSM Champ’s awards and decorations include Meritorious Service Medal (w/5 OLC); Army Commendation Medal (w/ 3 OLC); Army Achievement Medal (w/ 2 OLC); Army Good Conduct Medal (7^th Award); National Defense Service Medal; Afghanistan Campaign Medal (w/1 star); Iraq Campaign Medal (w/ 2 star); Global War on Terrorism Service Medal (GWTSM); Armed Forces Service Medal; NCO Professional Development Ribbon (5^th numeral); Army Service Ribbon; Overseas Service Ribbon (Num 3); NATO Ribbon, and a receipt of the Order of Military Medical Merit (O2M3).