Tracy Smart | |
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| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
| Years of service | 1985–2019 |
| Rank | Air Vice Marshal |
| Commands | Joint Health Command (2015–19) Strategic Health Coordination (2013–15) General Garrison Health Operations (2010–12) Air Force Health Services (2009–10) Health Services Wing (2004–06) RAAF Institute of Aviation Medicine (1997–99) |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of Australia |
Air Vice MarshalTracy Lee Smart,AO is an Australian physician, medical administrator, and a retired senior officer in theRoyal Australian Air Force (RAAF). She served as Commander ofJoint Health Command andSurgeon General of theAustralian Defence Force from December 2015 to December 2019. Smart was the third woman to reach the rank of air vice marshal in the RAAF.
Smart grew up atKangarilla, South Australia,[1] and was educated atWillunga High School.[2] She studied medicine atFlinders University, graduating in 1987. She completed her medical training inAdelaide hospitals before commencing full-time duty with theRoyal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1989, having joined the service in 1985.[2][3]
Smart later read for aMaster of Public Health at theUniversity of Queensland in 2007 and aMaster of Arts in Strategic Studies atDeakin University in 2009. She is also a graduate of theCentre for Defence and Strategic Studies and theHarvard Business School Advanced Management Program.[2][3]
Smart served as Medical Officer atRAAF Base Amberley in 1989 and Medical and later Senior Medical Officer atRAAF Base Pearce from 1990 to 1991, before undertaking a two year exchange with theRoyal Air Force to receive specialist training in Aviation Medicine. She returned to Australia in 1993, was promotedsquadron leader and assigned as Senior Medical Officer at No. 6 RAAF Hospital and, later,RAAF Base Williamtown. She was deployed to theUnited Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda in 1995.[3]
Smart undertook an exchange with theUnited States Air Force in 2000 and 2001, then deployed toTimor Leste as Chief Health Officer, HQ Peacekeeping Force and Australian Senior Health Officer in Timor Leste. She served inIraq andAfghanistan from 2003 to 2004,[3] and was appointed aMember of the Order of Australia in the2012 Queen's Birthday Honours.[3][4]
Smart was promoted toair vice marshal in November 2015 and succeeded Rear AdmiralRobyn Walker asCommander Joint Health andSurgeon General of theAustralian Defence Force (ADF) on 3 December 2015.[3] She was appointed anOfficer of the Order of Australia in the2019 Queen's Birthday Honours,[5] and handed over Joint Health Command to Rear AdmiralSarah Sharkey on 4 December that year.
Smart has led the ADF contingent at theSydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras three times and was the firstlesbian to reach two-star officer rank in the ADF.[6]
For exceptional performance of duty as a medical officer in the Royal Australian Air Force
For distinguished service in responsible positions to the Australian Defence Force in the fields of medical and health services
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| Preceded by Rear AdmiralRobyn Walker | Commander Joint Health Command 2015–2019 | Succeeded by Rear AdmiralSarah Sharkey |