Feeding Soldiers in Complex Environments: Nutrition Interventions at Home Station and Abroad

Description

Learning Objectives

• Describe the significance of proper fueling and nutrition for enhancing tactical athlete health and performance.
• Identify key nutritional considerations for soldiers during deployments and operations in diverse geographic and environmental conditions.
• Define military specific nutrition requirements and conduct nutrition interventions in complex environments.

Performance Indicators

• 8.1.1 Interprets and applies evidence-based literature and standards for determining nutritional needs of target audiences
• 9.2.1 Evaluates learning needs of individuals and target groups.
• 8.3.7 Demonstrates an understanding of the ways in which progressive exercise training influences nutrition needs to support positive metabolic, structural, and immunological adaptations

Speakers

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  Christina Deehl

  Medical Specialist Corps Capability Integration Officer, U.S. Army

  Christina Deehl began her career by receiving a BS in Nutrition from Florida International University and a MS in Nutrition from Baylor University. She joined the Army in 2009 and soon became Chief of Clinical Nutrition at a Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, KY. Her diverse roles include commanding a company of 550 Soldiers at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX; two combat deployments to Afghanistan with Special Operations units; a fellowship as a Sports RD at the Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, CO; and strategic assignments including serving as the Command Dietitian at U.S. Army Special Operations Command and Human Performance Optimization Director at XVIII Airborne Corps where she provided guidance and oversite to subordinate unit human performance programs across the Army. Recently, she worked in Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) at Fort Campbell, KY for three years as the Nutrition Program Director, gaining valuable nutrition experience at home station, in the field, and the deployed setting of Poland. Continuing to progress in her career as an esteemed Army Officer, she currently serves as the Capability Integration Officer for the Medical Specialist Corps, working to modernize military medicine in support of Large Scale Combat Operations.

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  Lori Maggioni

  Recruiting Program Manager, U.S. Army

  Major Lori Maggioni is a U.S. Army Dietitian with over 14 years of Active Duty service to our nation. Her passion lies with improving the health and fitness of Service Members and their families. Lori is a Board Certified Interdisciplinary Specialist in Obesity and Weight Management. She currently serves as Program Manager for the Army Medical Special Corps and Dental Corps at U.S. Army Recruiting Command HQ. Lori holds a BS in Nutrition Science and Dietetics from the University of Georgia and a MS in Nutrition from Baylor University. She focused her graduate thesis on the nutrition needs of Soldiers with amputations. Lori completed her Dietetic Internship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. Lori is committed to improving the nation's health and advancing the dietetics profession through research, education, and advocacy. She deployed on a humanitarian mission with the 14th Combat Support Hospital for Hurricane Maria disaster relief in Puerto Rico in 2017. Lori guest lectures on Humanitarian Efforts and Global Health Engagements for the Army–Baylor University Master’s Program in Nutrition and Tri-Service Joint Field Nutrition Operation Course. A proven leader in Army Medicine, Lori was recognized in 2022 with a Department of the Army HQ Award at the Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium and selected as a 2024 Army Medical Department Iron Major.

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  Brigette Schoonover

  Holistic Health & Fitness (H2F) Nutrition Program Director, U.S. Army

  MAJ Brigette Schoonover originally hails from Glendale, Arizona. She earned her undergraduate degrees in Culinary Arts and Culinary Nutrition from Johnson & Wales University and her Master of Science in Nutrition through the U.S. Military-Baylor Graduate Program in Nutrition. In her nearly 15-year career in food and nutrition, Brigette has worked in a variety of settings, to include military and civilian hospitals - inpatient and outpatient; catering, fine dining, patient feeding, and fast casual food service; Division I collegiate athletics; tactical performance in conventional military and Special Operations, and clinical and strategic leadership positions. As an Army Dietitian, she has conducted several overseas military missions to Poland, Romania, and Iraq where she navigated complex multinational nutrition environments to optimize Soldier feeding. An athlete for much of her life, Brigette now fuels her competitive drive with outdoor adventures and endurance sports. She enjoys just about anything that gets her outside, especially hiking with her husband and two hound pups. She believes in being a lifelong learner and is an avid reader. In her free time, you can find her coaching, teaching, and mentoring in leadership, nutrition, cooking, yoga, and meditation and cultivating her personal daily yoga and meditation practice.

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Moderator

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  Susan Stankorb

  Chief Business Operations Nutrition Care Division, Tripler Army Medical Center

  LTC Stankorb is a native of Denver, Colorado and completed her undergraduate education at Colorado State University. She joined the Army as an officer in 2004. Her assignments include Chief, Clinical Nutrition Branch at General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital, MO. After only one short year, she deployed with the 28th Combat Support Hospital as their Chief, Nutrition Care in the 06-08 rotation to Iraq. Upon return from deployment, she joined the faculty of the then US Military-Baylor Graduate Program in Nutrition. LTC Stankorb completed a Master of Science in Nutrition and a Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, which merged with Rutgers University shortly after her graduation. Post completion of her Doctorate, she assumed the role of research director at Brooke Army Medical Center. During this timeframe she conducted multiple research studies on topics ranging from barriers to breastfeeding among active-duty personnel, food insecurity and microbial contamination of enteral feeding products. Following her tenure working with the Graduate Program in Nutrition she assumed the role of Chief, Nutrition Care, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, KY and then Deputy Chief, Nutrition Care for Tripler Army Community Hospital, HI where she was dually assigned to the 18th Medical Command as their theater dietitian. Her most recent previous assignment was as the Chief, Nutrition Care Division, Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA. She is now serving as the Director of the U.S. Military Baylor Master’s Program in Nutrition, San Antonio, TX.

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