Mary Krueger Izaguirre is a

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of th ...

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and physician who serves as the

surgeon general of the United States Army 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 ...

. She previously served as the commanding general of

Medical Readiness Command East Medicine is the science and practice of caring for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practice ...

and chief of the

United States Army Medical Corps The Medical Corps (MC) of the U.S. Army is a staff corps (non-combat specialty branch) 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 o ...

. In September 2023, Izaguirre was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and appointment as

, commanding general of the

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, and chief of the Army Medical Department. She was confirmed by the Senate on 5 December 2023. In June 2023, Izaguirre had been nominated for promotion to major general, and was promoted to that rank with an effective date of rank of 5 December 2023, the date of her Senate confirmation. On 25 January 2024, Izaguirre replaced R. Scott Dingle as

, and commanding general of the

in a ceremony at

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, Texas.

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