Colonel Joshua Miller serves as the Director, Resource Management (J-8) and Chief Financial Officer for the Defense Health Agency (DHA). In this role, he oversees the comprehensive financial landscape of the $64 billion Unified Medical Budget. His responsibilities include financial execution, budget creation and submission, audit compliance, and infrastructure planning.
Through his management and leadership of seven divisions and over 1,500 personnel, Colonel Miller ensures fiscal compliance and effective resourcing for over 700 military and dental treatment facilities worldwide. These facilities collectively provide quality healthcare to 9.5 million beneficiaries. Additionally, Colonel Miller acts as the primary fiscal advisor to the Assistant Director, Resource & Personnel Integration, and the Director, Defense Health Agency.
Before his current role, Colonel Miller was the Senior Budget Analyst in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense-Comptroller. There, he advised the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), providing executive oversight for $300 billion in Unified Medical Budget (UMB) planning, programming, budgeting, and execution activities across the Future Years Defense Program.
Colonel Miller also served as a subject matter expert, representing the Department of Defense on all matters related to the Defense Health Program (DHP), Medical Military Construction, and Military Personnel. In this capacity, he engaged with key governmental bodies, including the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of State, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Government Accountability Office, and Congress.
Col Miller is married to his lovely bride Angela and has three wonderful daughters Talia, Kiera, and Isabel.
EDUCATION
1. December 2008 – January 2010, Group Practice Manager/Medical Information Systems Flight Commander, 20th Medical Group, Shaw AFB, SC
2. January 2010 – March 2010, Patient Retrieval Lead, Port au Prince, HT
3. January 2010 – May 2010, Group Practice Manager/Group Staff Section Commander, 20th Medical Group, Shaw AFB, SC
4. May 2010 – February 2011, Chief, Commander’s Action Group, 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, SC
5. February 2011 – March 2012, Administrator, 821st Support Squadron, Thule Air Base, GRNLD
6. March 2012 – July 2015, Medical Readiness Flight Commander, 10th Medical Group, USAFA, CO
7. August 2013 – March 2014, Chief, Medical Operations and Plans, USFOR-A, New Kabul Compound, AFG
8. June 2014 – July 2016, Resource Management Officer/Flight Commander, 10th Medical Group, USAFA, CO
9. July 2016 – April 2017, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL
10. July 2017 – July 2018, Chief, Program Strategy, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Requirements, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
11. August 2018 – May 2019, Chief, Finance Plans Branch, Air Force Medical Support Agency (SG8), Falls Church, VA
12. June 2019 – June 2020, Commander, 379th Expeditionary Medical Support Squadron & Administrator, 379th Expeditionary Medical Group, Al Udeid AB, QAT
13. July 2020 – July 2022, Commander, 316th Medical Support Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, MD
14. July 2022 – May 2023, Student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, AL
15. June 2023 – June 2024, Chief, DHP Budget and Execution Division (J-8), Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, VA
16. December 2024 – June 2024, Acting Chief of Staff, Financial Operations Directorate (J-8), Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, VA
17. June 2024 – July 2025, Senior Budget Analyst, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense-Comptroller, Pentagon, Washington DC
18. July 2025 – January 2026, Deputy Director, Financial Operations Directorate (J-8), Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, VA
19. January 2026 – June 2026, Director, Resource Management (J-8) and Chief Financial Officer, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, VA
20. June 2026 -- Present, 8th Medical Group Commander, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air and Space Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
(Current as of June 2026)