Army promotes physician assistant to brigadier general, marking two major milestones [Image 3 of 5]

HONOLULU, HI, UNITED STATES

05.11.2024

Photo by Christopher Perrine 

Defense Health Agency

Lt. Gen. Mary K. Izaguirre, the U.S. Army Surgeon General, left, and Brig. Gen. Bill A. Soliz unfurl Soliz’ general-officer flag for the first time at Soliz promotion ceremony at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, on May 11, 2024. Soliz became the armed forces’ first general who is an active-duty physician assistant. He is the commanding general of Medical Readiness Command, Pacific, and oversees nearly 4,000 Soldiers and 400 civilians in MRC, P and provides regionally ready, globally responsive medical forces, health service support, and force health protection across the region. He is also the director of Defense Health Network Indo-Pacific and oversees a joint, integrated health network with Army, Navy and Air Force personnel that provide quality care in medical facilities in Washington, California, Hawaii, Japan and the Republic of Korea.

• Date Taken: 05.11.2024
• Date Posted: 05.17.2024 14:21
• Photo ID: 8405744
• VIRIN: 240511-O-NN029-6791
• Resolution: 3030x4121
• Size: 2.27 MB
• Location: HONOLULU, HI, US