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DOD appoints Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Health

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WASHINGTON --  The Department of Defense and the Military Health System (MHS)
are pleased to announce the selection of Retired Lt. Gen. (Dr.) George Peach
Taylor Jr., as the new Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for
Force Health Protection and Readiness (FHP&R).

Dr. Taylor is a decorated 27-year Air Force veteran and was the 18th Air
Force Surgeon General. His years of service and leadership in the field of
medicine give him a unique understanding of the challenges facing Service
members and their families before, during and after deployment.

As the DASD FHP&R, Dr. Taylor will serve as the principal advisor to the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs for all DOD policies,
programs and activities related to deployment medicine, force health
protection, medial readiness, international health agreements and missions,
and national disaster support.

Upon retiring from the Air Force, Dr. Taylor served as a Managing Director
of Federal Government Practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was
responsible for large-scale transformation projects, innovative electronic
business solutions, independent program management oversight and
verification. In 2008, he joined Northrop Grumman Corp. as Vice President
of the Information Technology sector's Health and Human Services division
where he oversaw mission-critical enterprise-wide health applications,
interoperable architecture, and large-scale systems integration.

Dr. Taylor graduated from Rice University in 1975 with degrees in physics
and Russian language. He was commissioned in the Air Force Reserve through
the Health Professions Scholarship Program. In 1978, he graduated from
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and interned in Greenville, S.
C. He entered active duty in 1979. In 1984, Dr. Taylor earned a master's in
public health from the Harvard School of Public Health and completed a
residency in aerospace medicine in 1985 at Brooks Air Force Base. He
retired from the Air Force in October 2006.

Dr. Taylor's addition to the MHS leadership team further strengthens the MHS
vision of the Quadruple Aim. Through the Quadruple Aim the MHS seeks to
deliver the results when all of the elements of a true healthcare system
work together to serve the needs of a population. The Quadruple Aim
comprises readiness, population health, experience of care and management of
per capita costs. Dr. Taylor's background is consistent with this vision,
and the leaders of the MHS are delighted to begin working with him.