Jillian Murray-Duchesne

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Jillian Murray-Duchesne enlisted in the Army Reserves in 1997 attending Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonardwood, Missouri. She trained as a flute and piccolo player at Fort Campbell, KY and became a member of the 319th Army Band, Fort Totten, NY. After graduation and achieving the rank of Sergeant (E5), she was awarded a full ROTC scholarship to attend nursing school. In 2004, she was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. LTC Murray was stationed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC; the 28th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Bragg, NC; and Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas. In 2009, LTC Murray transferred to the NH Army National Guard, where she is currently serving as the Officer in Charge of Task Force Medical in support of COVID operations in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services. Her deployments include: Operation Iraqi Freedom 2006-2008, Operation Spartan Shield 2015, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, a humanitarian medical mission to El Salvador and as a trauma nursing instructor in support of the US Air Force to Japan and Korea. On the civilian side, LTC Murray is the Associate Nurse Manager of the Emergency Department of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, a regional Level 1 trauma center in Lebanon, NH. LTC Murray has a Masters' of Science in Nursing and is pursuing her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Quinnipiac University. She lives in New London, NH with her husband, Sergeant First Class (SFC) Brian Duchesne and her sons, Aidan and Liam.