Air Force Maj. Lorraine Walters graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas and received a direct commission to the United States Air Force Nurse Corps in 2003. Her career began as a student in the Nurse Transition Program at Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, where she was subsequently assigned to the Hauth Birthing Center formerly located at Wilford Hall Medical Center on Lackland, AFB.  As a Registered Nurse (RN), she has dedicated over eighteen years to obstetrical nursing at multiple inpatient maternal-child care units, working primarily in direct patient care as well as in various flight leadership roles. She deployed to Joint Operations Base in Balad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Prior to her current position, she served as the Flight Commander of the Maternal-Child Flight, Labor and Delivery Unit in the 99th Inpatient Operations Squadron, at Nellis AFB, Nevada. Maj. Walters is currently serving as a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist in the 673d Inpatient Operations Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf- Richardson, Alaska.