Trump eyes former flight surgeon Mark Green as next Army secretary
http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/mark-green-trump-army-secretary
Trump eyes former flight surgeon Mark Green as next Army secretary
By: Leo Shane III, March 15, 2017
WASHINGTON Former Army flight surgeon and Tennessee state Sen. Mark Green is the leading pick to take over as President Donald Trump's Army Secretary, according to sources close to the process.
Green, best known as the special operations soldier who interviewed former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein after his capture by American forces in 2003, would be the second person nominated by Trump for the post. Last month, billionaire veteran Vincent Viola dropped out of the confirmation process citing numerous conflicts of interest with his family businesses.
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If confirmed, the 1986 West Point graduate will make the jump from local politics to the highest levels of military planning, overseeing Trumps promised build-up of Army end-strength and equipment modernization.
Green was elected to state office in 2012 and for the last seven years has served as founder and CEO of Align MD, an emergency department staffing company. The firm operates in 30 hospitals in six states.
Hes also active in a pair of military focused charities Soldiers and Families Embraced and Reboot for Recovery as well as the middle Tennessee chapter of the Boy Scouts of America
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Green spent 20 years in the active-duty Army, including a deployment to Iraq with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. In December 2003, he was part of the team that captured the deposed Iraqi president.
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