(1961-03-20) March 20, 1961 (age 63) Washington, D.C., United States
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Army
Years of service
1982–2019
Rank
Lieutenant General
Commands held
Surgeon General of the United States Army United States Army Medical Command Europe Regional Medical Command[1] Womack Army Medical Center McDonald Army Community Hospital
Battles/wars
Gulf War
Awards
Army Distinguished Service Medal (2) Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit (4)
Alma mater
United States Military Academy (BS) George Washington University School of Medicine (MD)
Nadja Yudith West (née Grammer; March 20, 1961)[2] is a retired United States Army lieutenant general and the 44th Surgeon General of the United States Army and former Commanding General of the United States Army Medical Command. West, a physician, was the first black Army Surgeon General, and was the first black female active-duty major general and the first black female major general in Army Medicine.[3][4] West is also the first Army black female lieutenant general.[5] She is the highest ranking woman to have graduated from the United States Military Academy.
^"Maj. Gen. Nadja Y. West Joint Chiefs of Staff Article View". www.jcs.mil. Joint Chiefs of Staff. Archived from the original on 15 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
^"Register of Graduates and Former Cadets of the United States Military Academy". 1991.
^"Maj. Gen. Nadja West was the first African American female Major General of the Army's active component and Army Medicine's first African-American female two-star general". www.army.mil. U.S. Army. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
^JNSMA. "Army Medicine's First African American Female Two-Star General | JSNMA". www.JNSMA.org. JNSMA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
^Estrada, Sheryl (10 February 2016). "First Black Woman Promoted to Three-Star Army General". DiversityInc.com. DiversityInc. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
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