Colonel Michael S. Oshiki is a native of Washington, D.C., and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned a Bachelor of Science, with a double major in zoology and history, and was commissioned as an armored cavalry officer through the University of Wisconsin-Madison Reserve Officer Training Corps program in 1987. After seven years as a line officer, including a deployment to Operation Desert Shield/Storm, Colonel Oshiki began medical school at the Uniformed Services University in 1994, and graduated in 1998. He completed a residency in Family Medicine at DeWitt Army Community Hospital Fort Belvior, VA , in 2001, where he served as Chief Resident. Most recently, COL Oshiki completed a Master's Degree in National Security Resource Strategy at the National Defense University Eisenhower School. Prior to starting at the Eisenhower School, Colonel Oshiki served as the Commander of Fox Army Health Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL.