Tapley Promoted to Colonel

Army Nurse Corp and Family Nurse Practitioner Lori Thurman Tapley recently celebrated a belated promotion ceremony at her home to the rank of full colonel in the U.S. Army. Colonel Tapley is the daughter of Ray and Twila Thurman of La Grange. She graduated from La Grange High School in 1994 and was commissioned into the Army Nurse Corps in December 1998. She has served 22 years on active duty and has been a Family Nurse Practitioner since 2006. She is currently the Deputy Chief, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio. In April this year, she will PCS as Chief, Division of Army Health Clinics for Landstuhl Army Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany. She is pictured here with her present Commander, Colonel Switaj.