Lt. Gen. Nadja West thanks Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley after he issues her the Oath of Office following her promotion to lieutenant general. West's husband Army Col. (Ret.) Donald West, who held the Bible during the oath, looks on, Feb. 9, 2...
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Nadja West was promoted to her current rank and sworn in as the 44th surgeon general of the Army by U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley at a ceremony Feb. 9, 2016, on the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. West, the highest-ranking woman to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy, was confirmed as the 44th surgeon general of the Army in December.
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