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    Colonel Joseph Jensen is the Commander of the Civil Air Patrol's Southwest Region. As Commander, he oversees 8,000 volunteers and 80 aircraft across six states. He has a background as a physician and surgeon. Colonel Jensen has extensive experience in Civil Air Patrol, having been a cadet and later serving in various leadership roles, including as Arkansas Wing Commander prior to his current position. He balances his Civil Air Patrol duties with his professional roles as an Associate Professor of Surgery and Associate Chief Medical Officer at the University of Arkansas Medical Center.

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    Colonel Joseph Jensen is the Commander of the Civil Air Patrol's Southwest Region. As Commander, he oversees 8,000 volunteers and 80 aircraft across six states. He has a background as a physician and surgeon. Colonel Jensen has extensive experience in Civil Air Patrol, having been a cadet and later serving in various leadership roles, including as Arkansas Wing Commander prior to his current position. He balances his Civil Air Patrol duties with his professional roles as an Associate Professor of Surgery and Associate Chief Medical Officer at the University of Arkansas Medical Center.

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    Colonel Joseph Jensen is the Commander of the Civil Air Patrol's Southwest Region. As Commander, he oversees 8,000 volunteers and 80 aircraft across six states. He has a background as a physician and surgeon. Colonel Jensen has extensive experience in Civil Air Patrol, having been a cadet and later serving in various leadership roles, including as Arkansas Wing Commander prior to his current position. He balances his Civil Air Patrol duties with his professional roles as an Associate Professor of Surgery and Associate Chief Medical Officer at the University of Arkansas Medical Center.

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    BIOGRAPHY

    CIVIL AIR PATROL

    CAP National Headquarters


    105 S. Hansell St.
    Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6332

    COLONEL JOSEPH C. JENSEN


    Colonel Joseph Jensen is the Commander
    of Southwest Region, Civil Air Patrol
    (CAP). Civil Air Patrol is Congressionally
    chartered as the United States Air Force
    Auxiliary, and is tasked with the missions
    of Emergency Services, Aerospace
    Education and the CAP cadet program. In
    his
    role
    as
    Southwest
    Region
    Commander,
    Colonel
    Jensen
    is
    responsible for directing the activities of
    8,000 volunteers in six states, as well as
    the operations of 80 aircraft.
    Colonel Jensen was born on November 30, 1959 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
    The Colonel, who is a physician, attended Memphis State University (now
    the University of Memphis) and holds the M.D. Degree from the University
    of Tennessee. He then completed a surgical residency at the University of
    Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, and a trauma surgery
    fellowship at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
    Colonel Jensen was a CAP cadet from 1973 to 1977, earning the Amelia
    Earhart award and the grade of Cadet Lieutenant Colonel. Colonel Jensen
    served as a Fleet Marine Force Hospital Corpsman from 1977 to 1983, and
    subsequently served as a firefighter/paramedic in Germantown, Tennessee
    prior to entering medical school.
    Colonel Jensen has served as a CAP medical officer, a communications
    officer and an emergency services mission pilot. The Colonel is also
    qualified as an Incident Commander and Air Operations director. Colonel

    Jensen has attended Civil Air Patrols Region Staff College, Inspector
    Generals College, National Staff College and the Region/Wing
    Commanders course. Colonel Jensen served for four years as the Vice
    Commander of Arkansas Wing prior to his appointment as the Arkansas
    Wing Commander. The Colonel was subsequently reassigned early to the
    position of Vice Commander of Southwest Region, and assumed command
    of the Southwest Region in June, 2007.
    His CAP awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal,
    the Meritorious Service Award with two bronze clasps and the Brig. Gen.
    Charles E. Chuck Yeager Aerospace Achievement Award. The Colonel
    also holds CAPs highest academic award the Gill Rob Wilson Award.
    Professionally, Colonel Jensen is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the
    University of Arkansas College of Medicine. He is the Associate Chief
    Medical Officer of the UAMS Medical Center and the Program Director of
    the UAMS Surgery Residency Program. Colonel Jensen is board certified
    in general surgery and surgical critical care. He holds fellowship in the
    American College of Surgeons, and is a member of the American College of
    Healthcare Executives.
    Colonel Jensen resides in Little Rock, Arkansas with his wife Ashley and
    son Tyler.
    Promotion Dates:
    Captain
    Major
    Lieutenant Colonel
    Colonel

    (Current as of January, 2008)

    January, 1996
    February, 1997
    October, 2001
    September, 2005

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