![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. 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.](https://www.army.mil/e2/images/rv7/africanamericans/fbshare/west.jpg)
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.
![The U.S. Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Nadja West, commander of U.S. Army Medical Command hosted a Town Hall for staff members, beneficiaries, and other Army Medicine employees throughout the area of The U.S. Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Nadja West, commander of U.S. Army Medical Command hosted a Town Hall for staff members, beneficiaries, and other Army Medicine employees throughout the area of](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PH65NB/the-us-army-surgeon-general-lt-gen-nadja-west-commander-of-us-army-medical-command-hosted-a-town-hall-for-staff-members-beneficiaries-and-other-army-medicine-employees-throughout-the-area-of-responsibility-to-discuss-priorities-and-the-future-of-army-medicine-june-21-at-tripler-army-medical-center-PH65NB.jpg)
The U.S. Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Nadja West, commander of U.S. Army Medical Command hosted a Town Hall for staff members, beneficiaries, and other Army Medicine employees throughout the area of
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