 Lutz was promoted to colonel in 2002 and from 2004 to 2005 served as Health Services Administrator in the 81st Medical Group.She afterwards served as a special assistant to the Adjutant General of the Mississippi National Guard for six months.From 2006 to 2008, Lutz was Air National Guard assistant to the commander of the 59th Medical Wing, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.