Maintenance window scheduled to begin at February 14th 2200 est. until 0400 est. February 15th

(e.g. yourname@email.com)

Forgot Password?

    Defense Visual Information Distribution Service Logo

    Remembering Vice Adm. Michael Cowan, the 34th Surgeon General of Navy Medicine (2001-2004)

    Remembering Vice Adm. Michael Cowan, the 34th Surgeon General of Navy Medicine (2001-2004)

    FALLS CHURCH, VA, UNITED STATES

    12.12.2023

    Photo by André B. Sobocinski, Historian 

    U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

    On December 10, 2023, Vice Adm. Michael L. Cowan, the 34th Surgeon General of the Navy died. He was 78.

    Vice Adm. Cowan served in a wide-variety of clinical, operational, staff and leadership positions over the course of his 33-year career. His career culminated in 2001 with his selection as the 34th Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy and Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED).

    Cowan’s career legacy includes pioneering the concept of Force Health Protection, redefining deployable medicine in the 21st century, and serving as the Navy Surgeon General during the attacks on September 11th, 2001, and the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    LEAVE A COMMENT

    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 12.12.2023
    Date Posted: 12.12.2023 16:49
    Photo ID: 8164995
    VIRIN: 231212-N-N1526-1002
    Resolution: 800x600
    Size: 245.27 KB
    Location: FALLS CHURCH, VA, US

    Web Views: 320
    Downloads: 6

    PUBLIC DOMAIN