MAJ JaLyssa Walker

Major JaLyssa J. Walker hails from Fayetteville, North Carolina. She commissioned into the U.S. Army in May of 2012 at The University of Texas at El Paso. She attended Basic Officer Leadership Course in June 2012 at Fort Lee, Virginia, graduating as a Transportation Officer. In March 2017, she graduated from the Logistics Captain Career Course at Ft. Lee, Virginia. Her overseas tours include Iraq and Kuwait. During her Army service, she has held leadership positions as a Platoon Leader for a Supply Support Activity Platoon, Distribution Platoon, and a Maintenance Platoon. She served as a Brigade Adjutant, Executive Officer, and Logistics Officer. Her assignments include Alpha Company, 127th Aviation Support Battalion, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas; Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas; Echo Company, 4-501st & 1-501st Aviation Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas; 688th RPOE, 832D Transportation Battalion, 597th Transportation Brigade, Fort Eustis, Virginia. Major JaLyssa J. Walker's military and civilian education include Transportation Basic Officer Leader Course, Logistics Captain Career Course, Air Assault Course, Master Fitness Trainer Course, and Demonstrated Logistician Course. She has a Bachelor of Health Science Degree in Kinesiology from the University of Texas at El Paso, 2012; Master of Business Administration in Human Resource Management from Excelsior College, 2014; Master of Science in Kinesiology from Texas A&M University, 2021. Major JaLyssa J. Walker currently resides in West Point, New York where she is assigned to the U.S. Military Academy, where she assumed her current responsibilities in the Department of Physical Education.