COL Timothy E. Lamb hails from Portsmouth, Virginia and received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1983, from Norfolk State University (NSU). He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army, Medical Service Corps in July1983 after completion of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) at NSU. In 1994, he completed a Master of Science Degree in Administration from Central Michigan University. His military training and education includes the Medical Service Corps, Basic and Advance Courses, the United States Army Medical Materiel Agency Logistics Management Course, and resident Command and General Staff College. He is a Senior Service College graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces where he also received a Master of Science Degree in National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University, June 2004.

COL Lamb's Army career began in 1984 with his first assignment to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky where he served as Medical Platoon Leader, 2/502nd Infantry Battalion. He was next assigned to 326th Medical Battalion, 101st Airborne where he served in subsequent positions as Division Medical Supply Officer; HHC, Executive Officer; and finally Commander, Bravo Company. Additional assignments include Theater Medical Logistics Plans and Operations Officer, U.S. Southern Command, HQ, Quarry Heights, Panama, during Operation Just Cause (1989); Chief Materiel Introduction and Fielding Branch, U.S. Army Medical Material Agency (USAMMA), Fort Detrick, MD; Chief Supply Operations Division, 18th MEDCOM, Korea; and Executive Officer, 147th Medical Logistics Battalion, Fort Sam Houston, TX. He was then assigned to the Department of the Army Surgeon General's office as Medical Liaison Officer, to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Pentagon, Washington, DC. His next assignment was at Fort Bragg, N.C., where he served in subsequent positions as Commander, 32nd Medical Logistics Battalion and Chief of Logistics, Womack Army Medical Center. COL Lamb was assigned (2004-2006) as the Chief of Staff, 30th Medical Brigade, Heidelberg, Germany and as Deputy Commander, TF30th Medical Brigade (Multi-National Corps Iraq). Following deployment, he was assigned as Commander, United Army Medical Materiel Agency, Fort Detrick, MD and then assigned to the Pentagon on the Joint Staff as Chief, J4-Health Service Support Division and Deputy, Joint Staff Surgeon from 2008-2010. COL Lamb was last assigned as Director of Logistics, Office of the Surgeon General, Falls Church, VA.

COL Lamb's awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (6 OLC), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (1 OLC), Army Achievement Medal (2 OLC), Expert Field Medical Badge, Airborne Badge, Air Assault Badge, Army General Staff Badge, Joint Staff Badge and the Order of Military Medical Merit.