The Surgeon General exercises direction, guidance and technical management of more than 42,000 people assigned to 74 medical treatment facilities worldwide.

From September 7, 2010 – December 22, 2010 he served as the acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs General Taylor was born in Birmingham, Alabama and graduated from Rice University with degrees in physics and Russian language.

He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Force Reserve through the Health Professions Scholarship Program.

Following his graduation from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and subsequent internship in Greenville, South Carolina, General Taylor entered active duty in 1979.

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