Lt. Col. Matthew Helton is the chief of physical therapy and clinical internship director at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu. Previously, he was the Holistic Health and Fitness director for the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Liberty, North Carolina, formerly known as Fort Bragg. He deployed twice to Afghanistan. He holds a doctorate in physical therapy from the University of Montana and a doctorate of science in orthopaedics and manual physical therapy from Baylor University, Texas.