Col. James Andrews is the commander of the 10th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Carson, Colorado. Prior to assuming command he served as the G1 for the Northern Regional Medical Command, (NRMC), Fort Belvoir, VA. Prior to that assignment he was a student at the United States Army War College (USAWC), Carlisle, PA. Other assignments include serving as the Director Human Capital Management, Office of The Surgeon General ; Executive Officer to the Deputy Director, TRICARE Management Activity, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), Washington, DC; Personnel Policy Integrator, Army G1; 30th Medical Brigade G1, Heidelberg Germany and Operation Iraqi Freedom 1 Iraq; Executive Officer 86th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Campbell, KY and Kosovo; Chief DMOC, 101st Airborne (AASLT), FT Campbell, KY; Executive Officer, Medical Corps Branch, HRC, Alexandria, VA; Group S1, 55th Medical Group, Fort Bragg, NC; S1, 28th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Bragg, NC; aide-de-camp and Executive Assistant to the Deputy Surgeon General, Office of the Surgeon General, Washington D.C.; Personnel Policy Manager, Office of the Surgeon General, Washington, D.C.; Charlie Company Commander, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington D.C.; 4th Bn 16th Infantry Medical Platoon Leader, Goieppigen, Germany.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Dayton and was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps. He earned a Master?s Degree in Healthcare Administration from Central Michigan University and is a graduate of the Army?s resident Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS. Additionally, he is a resident graduate of the U.S. Army War College.

Among his awards and decorations are the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Army Meritorious Service Medal (six oak leaf clusters), Army Commendation Medal (four oak leaf clusters), Army Achievement Medal (1 oak leaf cluster), Army Meritorious Unit Commendation (1 oak leaf cluster), Army Superior Unit Award, National Defense Medal , Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, NATO Medal, Overseas Ribbon, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Kuwaiti Liberation Medal, and Army Service Ribbon. He has earned the Expert Field Medical Badge, Senior and British Parachutist Badges, and the Air Assault Badge, the Office of Secretary of Defense Staff Badge, Army Staff Identification Badge and the Army Medical Department's Order of Military Medical Merit.