Tracy Smart

Air Vice Marshal Tracy Lee Smart, is an Australian physician, medical administrator, and a retired senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). She served as Commander of Joint Health Command and Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force from December 2015 to December 2019. Smart was the third woman to reach the rank of air vice marshal in the RAAF.

Early life and education Smart grew up at Kangarilla, South Australia, and was educated at Willunga High School. She studied medicine at Flinders University, graduating in 1987. She completed her medical training in Adelaide hospitals before commencing full-time duty with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1989, having joined the service in 1985.

Smart later read for a Master of Public Health at the University of Queensland in 2007 and a Master of Arts in Strategic Studies at Deakin University in 2009. She is also a graduate of the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies and the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.

Smart was promoted to air vice marshal in November 2015 and succeeded Rear Admiral Robyn Walker as Commander Joint Health and Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) on 3 December 2015. and handed over Joint Health Command to Rear Admiral Sarah Sharkey on 4 December that year.

Smart has led the ADF contingent at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras three times and was the first lesbian to reach two-star officer rank in the ADF.

Oral History An oral history interview with Smart from 2023 is accessible through the National Library of Australia.