FOB Tacoma » western region medical command http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military Complete coverage of military and veterans issues in the South Puget Sound Fri, 17 May 2013 17:55:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Horoho to become Army’s deputy surgeon general http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2009/11/12/horoho-to-become-armys-deputy-surgeon-general/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2009/11/12/horoho-to-become-armys-deputy-surgeon-general/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:07:33 +0000 Scott Fontaine http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/?p=997

The commander of the Army Western Regional Medical Command will soon leave Fort Lewis to become the service’s deputy surgeon general, the Pentagon announced this week.

It’s the third assignment for Maj. Gen. Patricia Horoho since July 2008. The man who will replace her, Maj. Gen. Philip Volpe, is no stranger to Fort Lewis: He previously served as commander of the 62nd Medical Brigade.

Horoho arrived at Fort Lewis last July as commander of both the six-state medical region, Madigan Army Medical Center and the Army Nurse Corps.

She relinquished command of the hospital in August amid the region’s …

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Other local links:

5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division:
Injured Fort Lewis soldier back from the brink [The News Tribune]
Two more from Fort Lewis confirmed killed in Afghanistan [The News Tribune]
Fort Lewis Memorial: Going back to Louisiana [The News Tribune]
Fallen Stryker soldier: ‘Not once did he quit …

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