[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 27, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3830-S3831]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                COMMENDING MAJOR GENERAL GALE S. POLLOCK

  Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I would like to commend the Army 
leadership for selecting the first woman and nurse to serve as the 
Acting Army Surgeon General. Today, MG Gale S. Pollock, a nurse, is in 
charge of the Army Medical Department and leading the way in improving 
organizational efficiencies and streamlining the care of our wounded 
warriors.
  Major General Pollock was born in Kearny, NJ, and entered the Army 
Nurse Corps in 1976 after earning her BSN from the Walter Reed 
Institute of Nursing through the University of Maryland. She also 
completed a master of business administration from Boston University, a 
master in health care administration from Baylor University, and a 
master in national security and strategy from the National Defense 
University. Major General Pollock also attended the U.S. Army Nurse 
Anesthesia Program and is a certified registered nurse anesthetist, 
CRNA, and a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
  Major General Pollock's military education includes Senior Service 
College at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, the U.S. Air 
Force War College, the Interagency Institute for Federal Health Care 
Executives, the Military Health System CAPSTONE program, the Principles 
of Advanced Nurse Administrators, and the NATO staff officer course.
  On March 20, 2007, Major General Pollock, Chief of the Army Nurse 
Corps, was officially named Commander of the U.S. Army Medical Command 
and the Acting Army Surgeon General. Her previous military assignments 
include, Commander, Pacific Regional Medical Command and Tripler Army 
Medical Center, Honolulu, HI; Special Assistant to the Surgeon General 
for Information Management and Health Policy; Commander, Martin Army 
Community Hospital, Fort Benning, GA; Commander, U.S. Army Medical 
Department Activity, Fort Drum, NY; Staff Officer, Strategic 
Initiatives Command Group for the Army Surgeon General; Department of 
Defense, DoD, Healthcare Advisor to the Congressional Commission on 
Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance; Health Fitness 
Advisor at the National Defense University; Senior Policy Analyst in 
Health Affairs, DoD; and Chief, Anesthesia Nursing Service at Walter 
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC.
  Major General Pollock brings extensive leadership, education, and 
experience to her new position as the Acting Army Surgeon General. As 
an Army nurse and woman, I applaud her many

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accomplishments which have brought her to the highest level of rank and 
responsibility in military medicine.

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