Col. Glenda J. Lock graduated from North Carolina Central University, Durham, N.C., in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. In 2002, she received a Master of Arts from Webster University and in 2009 she earned a second Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies.

Her subsequent tours of service include Clinical Staff Nurse, Coronary Care Unit and Medical Intensive Care Unit, Fort Gordon, Ga.; Staff Nurse, JTF-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Central America; Clinical Staff Nurse, Emergency Room and Intensive Care Unit, Fort Sill, Okla.; Clinical Staff Nurse and Head Nurse ICU, 121 General Hospital, Yongsan, Korea; Chief Nurse, Area IV, 168th Medical Battalion, Taegu, Korea; Training Officer, Alpha and Foxtrot Companies, 232nd Medical Battalion, Company Commander, E Company, 187th Medical Battalion, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Executive Officer, 3rd AMEDD Recruiting Detachment, Fort Knox, Ky.; Head Nurse, ICU, 14th Combat Support Hospital, Chief Hospital Education, Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, Ga.; Head Nurse, ICU, Operation Enduring Freedom VII, Bagram, Afghanistan; Deputy Commander of Nursing and Health Services, Fort Huachuca, Ariz., and Commander, USAHC-Vilseck, Vilseck, Germany.

Col. Lock‘s military education includes the AMEDD Officer Basic and Advance Courses, Critical Care Course, Medical Management of Chemical Casualties Course, Support Operations Course, Joint Planners Course, Command and General Staff Officer College, Green Belt Lean Six Sigma (certified), and the United States Army War College.

Her awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal 6 oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal 1 oak leaf cluster, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal 2 oak leaf clusters, and the Expert Field Medical Badge.