Maj. Amber Stratton is the Deputy Commander for Quality & Safety at Keller Army Community Hospital, West Point, N.Y.
Maj. Stratton commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps with her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Austin Peay State University in 2010. She received a Master of Science in Nursing Education in March 2017. She is a Board-Certified Nurse Case Manager.
On her initial assignment, she served as a Clinical Staff Nurse on a medical-surgical, telemetry, and pediatric unit at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center. Then she was selected to serve as the Assistance Clinical Nurse OIC (CNOIC) on a 20-bed Maternal Newborn Unit at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital. From 2013-2017, Major Stratton served at Bassett Army Community Hospital as the Assistant CNOIC of the Multi-Service Unit, Chief (OIC) and CNOIC at Kamish Army Medical Home, Director of Soldier Case Management and Coordination, the MEDDAC-Alaska Exceptional Family Member Program Special Needs Advisor, the Army Medical Home float nurse, and as hospital supervisor. At Fort Belvoir Soldier Readiness Unit, she was the Alpha Company Lead Nurse Case Manager and a Pregnancy and Postpartum Physical Training Leader. In 2021 to 2023, she led Fort Meade MEDDAC as the Clinical Nurse Manager and Health Informatics Lead for MHS Genesis build and pre-deployment, servicing 20 dental and clinical sites across three states and the District of Columbia. She deployed on a Defense Support to Civil Affairs COVID-19 mission with FEMA to Oklahoma City and advised on the DOD Case Management Panel. Returning to Alaska in 2023, she was the Maternal Newborn CNOIC, then the MEDDAC-AK Chief of Primary Care Service Line, charged with the oversight of 120 staff and care of 18K beneficiaries at three PCMH locations and the Emergency Department, managing an operating budget of $12.1 million, and culminated as the Chief of Hospital Education and Staff Development; she still advises on the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Community Technical College Licensed Practical Nurse Program advisory committee. In August 2026, she became the Deputy Commander for Quality and Safety at Keller Army Community Hospital, West Point.
She is a graduate of the Combat Casualty Care Course, Basic Healthcare Administration Course, CNOIC Course, Practice Manager’s Course, Captain’s Career Course, Warrior Transition Cadre, Nurse Case Manager Course (Ambulatory and WTU tracks), AMEDD Junior Leader Development Course, and Command and General Staff College.
Her awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (3OLC), Army Commendation Medal (1OLC), and the Army Achievement Medal (2OLC). National nursing recognition includes the National Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses (individual and team award), the 1LT Ruth Gardiner Award for MEDDAC-AK and the 2015 Greater Fairbanks Community RN of the Year.