Nadja West
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Nadja Yudith West (née Grammer; March 20, 1961)[1] is a retired United States Army lieutenant general. She was the 44th U.S. Army Surgeon General and former Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Command. West was born in Washington, D.C..
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.[2][3]
West is also the first Army black female lieutenant general.[4] She is the highest ranking woman to have graduated from the United States Military Academy.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "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. "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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