About Us

CPT Alyssa Pybus

USAR Recruiting Officer & MSII Instructor

Captain Alyssa Pybus is an Army Reserve Engineer Officer in the 104th Training Division assigned to support the Suncoast Battalion as an Assistant Professor of Military Science beginning July 2026. She has served as Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Company Commander within Engineer units in garrison and abroad. Broadening assignments include service as an Engineer Officer in a Forward Engineer Support Team – Main and as an Innovation Officer and Operations Officer within the 75th Innovation Command.

For her civilian career, CPT Pybus is an Applied Research Scientist within the Machine Learning Department of Moffitt Cancer Center. Her research is in data-driven prediction of immunotherapy outcomes for advanced cancer patients.

CPT Pybus is happily married to her husband Kevin est. 2016. They share one daughter, Taylor (2025), in addition to three cats and a dog. Hobbies include reading, fitness, crochet, and dominating her friends & family fantasy football league.

CPT ALYSSA PYBUS

Change of Command – relinquishing command of 390th Engineer Vertical Construction Company in Chattanooga, TN in Feb 2023.

Assignments

  • Jun 2016 to Sep 2018: Platoon Leader, 390th Engineer Vertical Construction Company (EVCC), 844th Engineer Battalion
  • Sep 2018 to Nov 2019: Platoon Leader / Detachment OIC, 465th Engineer Vertical Construction Company, 926th Engineer Battalion
  • Nov 2019 to Aug 2020: Executive Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 844th Engineer Battalion
  • Aug 2020 to Feb 2021: Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 844th Engineer Battalion
  • Feb 2021 to Feb 2023: Commander, 390th Engineer Vertical Construction Company (EVCC), 844th Engineer Battalion
  • Feb 2023 to Nov 2023: Facilities/Contract Construction Management Engineer (FCCME), 368th Forward Engineer Support Team – Main (FEST-M)
  • Nov 2023 to Jul 2024: Innovation Officer, Atlanta Team, Support Group, 75th Innovation Command
  • Jul 2024 to Jun 2026: Innovation Officer / Operations Officer, MedBio Detachment, Support Group, 75th Innovation Command

Overseas

  • May 2018 to Jun 2018: Operation Beyond the Horizon 2018, El Salvador (training)
  • January 2019 to October 2019: Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Djibouti and Somalia (deployment)

Military and Civilian Education

CPT ALYSSA PYBUS

Joker Platoon – deployed to Djibouti and Somalia in 2019 in support of Special Operations Task Force – East Africa.

CPT Pybus holds a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology ’23 and a B.S. in Biological Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ’16. Her military education includes Basic Officer Leader Course – A (Paul Revere Battalion, MIT ROTC), Engineer Basic Officer Leader Course (EBOLC), Engineer Captain’s Career Course (ECCC), Common Faculty Development – Instructor Course (CFD-IC), Joint Engineer Operations Course (JEOC), USAR Company Commanders and First Sergeants Course (CCFSC), Unit Movement Officer Deployment Planning (UMODP), Base Camp Master Planner (BCMP), Field Identification of Biological Warfare Agents (FIBWA), and Intermediate Medical Acquisition Course (IMAC). She holds the following additional skill identifiers (ASIs): W5 (Construction Project Manager), W6 (Construction Quality Assurance Officer), W8 (Facilities Engineer), and 5K (Instructor).

Awards

CPT Pybus’ awards and decorations include the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terror Service Medal, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with M Device, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon, the Army Reserve Overseas Training Ribbon, the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge (Gold), and the Combat Service Identification Badge- SOCAFRICA.