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Immediate Release

General Officer Announcement

April 15, 2021

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nomination:

Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert I. Miller for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general, with assignment as surgeon general of the Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.  Miller is currently serving as director, medical operations and research, Office of the Surgeon General of the Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Falls Church, Virginia.