A flight surgeon is a military medical officer practicing in the clinical field of aviation medicine, which is also occasionally known as flight surgery.
Thomas L. James is a United States Army lieutenant general who serves as the deputy commander of the United States Space Command. He previously served as the acting commander of Combined Joint Task Force–Space Operations. He is the first Army space operations officer to reach the rank of major general.
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), officially known as Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH) until 1951, was the U.S. Army's flagship medical center from 1909 to 2011. Located on 113 acres (46 ha) in Washington, D.C., it served more than 150,000 active and retired personnel from all branches of the United States Armed Forces. The center was named after Walter Reed, a U.S. Army physician and sergeant who led the team that confirmed that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes rather than direct physical contact.
The Army Medical Department of the U.S. Army (AMEDD), formerly known as the Army Medical Service (AMS), encompasses the Army's six medical Special Branches. It was established as the "Army Hospital" in July 1775 to coordinate the medical care required by the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The AMEDD is led by the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, a lieutenant general.
The Medical Corps (MC) of the U.S. Army is a staff corps of the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) consisting of commissioned medical officers – physicians with either an M.D. or a D.O. degree, at least one year of post-graduate clinical training, and a state medical license.
The United States Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) consists of the five distinct medical corps of the Air Force and enlisted medical technicians. The AFMS was created in 1949 after the newly independent Air Force's first Surgeon General, Maj. General Malcolm C. Grow (1887–1960), convinced the United States Army and President Harry S. Truman that the Air Force needed its own medical service.
The Surgeon General of the United States Army is the senior-most officer of the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD). By policy, the Surgeon General (TSG) serves as Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) as well as head of the AMEDD. The surgeon general's office and staff are known as the Office of the Surgeon General (OTSG) and are located in Falls Church, Virginia.
Charles Calvin Pixley was the 34th Surgeon General of the United States Army, serving in that capacity from October 1, 1977, to September 20, 1981.
Hugh Johnston Knerr was a major general in the United States Air Force.
Daniel Robert Hokanson is a retired United States Army general who last served as the 29th chief of the National Guard Bureau. He previously served as the 21st director of the Army National Guard. His previous military assignments include serving as vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, deputy commander of United States Northern Command, adjutant general of the Oregon National Guard, and commander of the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team. He is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Just Cause.
John J. DeGoes is a United States Air Force lieutenant general has served as the twenty-fifth surgeon general of the United States Air Force and the surgeon general of the United States Space Force since July 2024. He most recently served as the deputy surgeon general of the United States Air Force. Prior to that, DeGoes served as the commander of the 59th Medical Wing.
Michael Gary Koscheski is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who has served as the deputy commander of Air Combat Command. He previously served as commander of the Fifteenth Air Force and deputy commander of the Ninth Air Force.
Robert Scott Jobe is a United States Air Force major general who has served as the director of force design, integration, and innovation of the United States Air Force. He previously served as the director of plans, programs, and requirements of the Air Combat Command.
Laura L. Lenderman (née Cook) is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who serves as deputy commander of the Pacific Air Forces. She most recently served as the director of operations of the United States Transportation Command. She previously served as the director of operations, strategic deterrence, and nuclear integration of the Air Mobility Command.
Robert Irving Miller is a medical surgeon and retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who last served as the twenty-fourth Surgeon General of the United States Air Force and also served as the Surgeon General of the United States Space Force.
Bruce Lindsley Gillingham is a retired United States Navy rear admiral and orthopedic surgeon who last served as the 39th surgeon general of the United States Navy from 2019 to 2023. As surgeon general, Gillingham was dual-hatted as the 43rd chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and was responsible to the United States Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations and director of the Defense Health Agency for all health and medical matters pertaining to the Navy and Marine Corps.
