Biography

Department of the Army

Ms. Tamara G. Payne Deputy Garrison Commander for ASA U.S. Army Installation Management Command Langley - Eustis, VA

Ms. Tamara Payne serves as the Deputy Garrison Commander of ASA Fort Eustis, part of the Joint Base Langley- Eustis command. She is responsible for providing leadership and management of installation service delivery, performance management, business planning, and analysis on a joint base community servicing Army, Air Force and Navy servicemen and women, civilians their families and the surrounding communities.

Prior to this assignment, Ms. Payne served as the IMCOM Training, Deputy Chief, Plans and Ops, Chief of Analysis and Integration and the IMCOM Central Region Installation Support lead for two of the largest installations in the Army, and White Sands Missile Range, the largest Army Reserve Installation of Fort Hunter Liggett and Reserve Forces Training Area Parks. She was also dual hatted as the Chief of Plans Analysis and Integration and Transformation Office at USAG Ansbach, where she planned and led installation restructure and receipt of the Army’s first rotational aviation brigade. She has stood up and led two transformation offices, responsible for integration and planning of installation and mission initiatives in support of region-wide efforts such as the Aviation Restructure Initiative, Camp Humphreys Transformation and Yongsan Relocation Program. Throughout her civilian career she provided installation governance, transformation, strategic planning and integrated support to Soldiers, Civilians and their families at eight (8) installations across four (4) regions.

She served in the as an intelligence analyst primarily focused on Persian Area studies and crypto-linguistics. Various assignments as an analyst include overseas posts located in United Kingdom and Germany. She has three “Army-raised” children, Gabriel (18), Michael (17) and Charlotte (8) and is an active volunteer in the community, coaching and advocating for children with special needs.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY:

 Oct 2019- Present: Deputy Garrison Commander, ASA Fort Eustis, Installation Management Command, JBLE, Fort Eustis, VA  Nov 2017 – Oct 2019: Analysis & Integration, Directorate Training, Installation Management Command, Fort Eustis, VA  Nov 2016 – Nov 2017: Operations and Plans, Directorate Training, Installation Management Command, Fort Eustis, VA  Jun 2015 - Oct 2016: Region Installation Support Team Specialist, Central Region, Installation Management Command, Fort Sam Houston, TX  Mar 2014 – Jun 2015: Chief, Plans Analysis & Integration Office/Chief, Transformation Office, United Stated Army Garrison, Ansbach, Germany  Oct 2013 – Mar 2014: Lead Analyst, Plans Analysis & Integration Office, United Stated Army Garrison, Stuttgart, Germany  Mar 2010 – Mar 2011: Lead Transformation Officer, Installation Transformation Office, Camp Humphreys, South Korea  Mar 2009 – Mar 2010: Lead Analyst, Plans Analysis & Integration Office, Camp Humphreys, South Korea  Oct 2008 – Mar 2009: Staff Action Officer, Enterprise Plans and Programs, Network Enterprise Technology Command, , AZ  Oct 2007 – Oct 2008: Management and Program Analyst, Resource Management Office, United States Army Garrison, , AL  Oct 2006- Oct 2007: Management and Program Analyst, Directorate of Combat Developments, Fort Rucker, AL  Oct 2004 – Jan 2006: Staff Action Specialist, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans, Programs, Training and Doctrine Command, DLIFLC, Monterey, CA

EDUCATION:  Executive, Masters, Business Administration, College of William & Mary, VA  BA, Liberal Arts, Arizona State University, AZ  Honor Grad, Persian Area Studies, College of the Air Force, Goodfellow AFB, TX  Honor Grad, Persian Farsi, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Monterey, CA  Civilian Education System, All Courses, Army Management & Staff College, KS

AWARDS AND HONORS:  Meritorious Civilian Service Award (2019)  Superior Civilian Service Award (2015)  Commander’s Award for Civilian Service (2016, 2018)  Achievement Medal for Civilian Service (2008)