The surgeon general of the United States Army is the senior-most officer of the U.S. Army Medical Department. By policy, the surgeon general serves as commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Command as
Library and Museum of the OTSG, Washington, D.C.; Hand-colored photo, 1887.
The U.S. Army Medical Command is a direct reporting unit of the U.S. Army that formerly provided command and control of the Army's fixed-facility medical, dental, and veterinary treatment facilities,
