Roudebush Nominated as USAF Top Doc: President Bush has nominated Maj. Gen. James G. Roudebush for a third star and to become the Air Force Surgeon General. Roudebush, who currently serves as the deputy SG, would replace Lt. Gen. George Peach Taylor Jr., who plans to retire this summer. Roudebush entered the Air Force in 1975 after receiving his doctor of medicine degree from the University of Nebraska and has served as command surgeon of US Central Command, Pacific Air Forces, and US Transportation Command.
Internationally known and respected U.S. Army Gen. Colin Powell died Oct. 18 at age 84, from complications of COVID-19. Powell served a 35-year Army career capped by duties as National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush.…