This news item is about: Major Sean Stockwell, D.V.M. ’11, has a few extra responsibilities than most veterinarians. “I consider myself a soldier first, an officer second, and a veterinarian third,” he says. As Branch Chief and Veterinary Preventive Medicine Officer in the United States Army, Stockwell manages 55 civilian and uniformed staff members that provide veterinary and public health services to 12 military installations around Norfolk, Virginia.