Phyllis J. Wilson

Phyllis J. Wilson is an American retired military officer, nurse, and nonprofit executive. She served as the Command Chief Warrant Officer of the United States Army Reserve from 2012 to 2015. Since 2019, she has served as president of the Military Women's Memorial Foundation. Wilson was inducted into the Army Women's Foundation Hall of Fame and the U.S. Veterans Hall of Fame.

Education Wilson has two bachelor of science degrees, one in nursing and one in sociology and German, from Excelsior University. She also earned three associate of science degrees. She earned a Master of Science degree in management from Webster University.

Career Army Wilson joined the United States Army as a private on March 25, 1981, and worked as a military intelligence German linguist voice intercept operator. She was deployed twice to Iraq in support of a specialized joint special operations task force and was previously assigned to the 533rd Military Intelligence Battalion supporting the 3rd Armored Division in Germany, the 525th Military Intelligence Brigade at Fort Bragg, the 337th Military Intelligence Battalion in Charlotte, North Carolina, the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, the 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion at Fort Meade in Maryland, and the CENTCOM Army Reserve Element in Tampa. She serves on the board of directors for Policy Vets and the Association of the United States Army, where she is also a senior fellow.

On November 4, 2022, Wilson was honored by Veteran Affairs News as the Veteran of the Day.

In February 2025, Wilson was presented with the Daughter of the American Revolution's President General's Medallion, in recognition of her service and dedication to women veterans, by President General Pamela Rouse Wright. In July 2025, Wilson was inducted into the Honorable Order of the Eagle Rising Society during a ceremony at Fort Rucker, becoming the twenty-seventh person to receive the honor. She was presented the award by retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Jim O'Brien, the executive vice president of the Military Officers Association of America, and Colonel Kevin McHugh, commandant of the Warrant Officer Career College.

Civilian Wilson is a registered nurse and served as a director of nursing, a director of clinical operations, a home health and hospice nurse, and worked as a loan officer and as a social worker.

Personal life Wilson has eight children and four of her sons are combat veterans of the United States Armed Forces.

She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Mayflower Society, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Affairs, the Military Order of the World Wars, the Association of the United States Army, the Association of the United States Navy, the Women Marines Association, the Reserve Organization of America, Military Women Across the Nation, Army Women Veterans Association, Military Officers Association of America, Disabled American Veterans, the Air Force Association, the United States Army Warrant Officers Association, Women In Defense, and the National Defense Industrial Association.