Nadja Yudith West (nee Grammer ; March 20, 1961) ^[1] is a retired United States Army lieutenant general . She was the 44th U.S. Army Surgeon General and former Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Command . West was born in Washington, D.C. .

West, a physician, was the first black Army Surgeon General, and was the first black female active-duty major general and the first black female major general in Army Medicine . ^{[2] [3]}

West is also the first Army black female lieutenant general. ^[4] She is the highest ranking woman to have graduated from the United States Military Academy .

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