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Aug 26, 2020 · As part of Giroir’s appointment to Assistant Health Secretary, he became a commissioned officer, a four-star admiral to be specific, in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
You are in uniform as a Commissioned Corps officer. How does your role differ from the surgeon general’s? The assistant secretary for health, at the option of the president, and also at the option of the nominee, can receive a commission in the corps.
- Julia Haskins
- 2018
Apr 20, 2020 · Publicly, Giroir has been in sync with Trump, appearing alongside him at briefings in the admiral’s uniform he is entitled to wear as head of the U.S. Health Service Commissioned Corps.
- Michael Kranish
Jul 31, 2020 · After a spell at the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Giroir returned to Texas in 2008 and went on to become the chief executive of Texas A&M University’s Health Science...
Apr 26, 2017 · Having served as an Army Warrant Officer pilot and as a commissioned officer pilot in the Coast Guard, I can tell you that a lot of the reasoning has to do with sheer numbers and cost. Congress mandates how many commissioned officers each service can have.
Apr 20, 2020 · Giroir, after being ousted from Texas A&M, took a variety of positions, including chairing a commission that reviewed the health-care system at Veterans Affairs. With Trump’s election, Giroir...
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The commission binds both the officer to the state to serve lawfully and defend the Constitution, and the state’s executive to each officer, making him or her a direct extension of the executive’s constitutional power.
