Lt. Gen. Eric B. Schoomaker, at his promotion ceremony Dec. 12, in which he also assumed the duties of surgeon general of the Army and commander of the U.S. Army Medical Command.
I will work to protect our Soldiers from disease and illness and restore them to health when misfortune or violence, wrought by the enemies of this nation, does them harm. I will be tireless in my efforts to allow them to live long and stay young in mind, body and spirit.