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Immediate Release

Senior Executive Service Announcement

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has announced the following Department of Defense Senior Executive Service appointment:

Dr. Richard Thomas has been selected as the next president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. Thomas is a retired Army major general who recently served as the first director of health care operations for the Defense Health Agency upon its establishment on Oct. 1, 2013. The current president, Dr. Charles L. Rice, will step down from his role on June 30, 2016, after leading the university since July 2005.