LTC Melinda J. Acuña

About

Lieutenant Colonel Melinda J. Acuña, representing the US Army, is a national security affairs fellow at the Hoover Institution for the academic year 2024–25. Acuña is a logistics officer and has served in variety of assignments in the United States, Europe, Middle East, and Indo-Pacific. She has also deployed to Iraq multiple times.

Acuña’s most recent command was with 53rd Transportation Battalion in Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, from 2022 to 2024. There she was responsible for providing transportation and movement control support to multiple combatant commands, including the Indo-Pacific, Central, and European Commands.

Acuña has a master of science in administration from Central Michigan University and a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Saint Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas.