MAJ Kristina R. Fauser-Martin, MS, RD, CSSD, CSCS

MAJ Kristina Fauser-Martin is from Keller, Texas. She commissioned as a Second Lieutenant following her undergraduate education into the Army/Baylor University Graduate Program in Nutrition at Joint Base San Antonio. After completing the Army Medical Department Basic Officer Leaders Course, a master’s degree, a dietetic internship, and successfully passing the national Registered Dietitian Exam, she began her first assignment as a Registered Dietitian (65C, Medical Specialist Corps) at D.D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia. MAJ Fauser-Martin then spent 2 years overseas as an outpatient dietitian at Brian Allgood Army Community hospital, Yongsan, South Korea. Following assignment in South Korea, MAJ Fauser-Martin attended the Army Medical Department Captains Career Course in route to her first operational assignment at Fort Drum, New York. MAJ Fauser-Martin served as one of the first embedded performance dietitians with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division as part of the Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) pilot. She later transferred to 2nd Brigade Combat Team once H2F progressed to full staffing. She went on to be selected for the Army Sports Nutrition Fellowship with the Army West Point Athletic Association. Following completion of the fellowship, she was assigned as faculty to the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, where she assumed her current position in the Department of Physical Education.