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Retired Vice Adm. James A. Zimble, who served as the Navy’s surgeon general and helped lead a review of military medical preparedness after the 1983 terrorist attack on a Marine Corps barracks ...
The keynote address from Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, surgeon general of the U.S. Navy and chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, outlined the country’s struggles, accomplishments and ...
Koop understood the power of his persona. The instantly recognizable look — a patriarchal beard, the navy-type uniform, and ...
A federal watchdog found that Army and Navy doctors are not maintaining their wartime medical skills, causing some to leave ...
Later, he served as the deputy surgeon general of the U.S. Navy and deputy chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, from 2013-15. On Dec. 15, 2015, he began serving as the 38th surgeon general of ...
Rear Adm. (lower half) Rick Freedman, selected for promotion to rear admiral, will be assigned as deputy chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; deputy surgeon general of the Navy; and director ...
— -- The Navy's surgeon general has ordered a stand down for all Navy medical personnel over the next 48 hours to reaffirm service commitments to patients and review social media policies ...
The Senate confirmed 79 Navy admirals and 15 Marine Corps general officers on Tuesday after Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) modified his hold on en bloc voting on military promotions, according to ...
Dr. Michael Cowan, former Surgeon General of the Navy, has joined BearingPoint as chief medical officer of its health services practice, part of the company’s Public Services group. Cowan will ...
The Surgeon General is given the rank of Admiral, and as such he or she will interface with other Admirals and Generals, and Army and Navy Surgeon Generals, most of whom are career officers with ...