UNITED STATES AIR FORCES IN EUROPE

OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, GERMANY

Colonel (Dr.) George Peach Taylor, Jr., is command surgeon, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. As command surgeon, he advises and represents the USAFE commander on all aspects of the medical service mission including clinical and aerospace medicine, medical readiness, community health, and maintenance and management of Air Force hospitals, clinics and other medical units. He allocates manpower, materiel and financial resources to the medical activities of the command.

Colonel Taylor was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Force Reserves through the Health Professions Scholarship Program in June 1975. Following medical school and internship, the colonel entered active duty as a captain in July 1979. The colonel is a chief physician, board certified in aerospace medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. As an active chief flight surgeon, he has more than 1,500 hours flying time in a wide variety of aircraft. He has substantial experience in fighter and flight test operations and served as military consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General for aerospace medicine in 1995.

Before assuming his current position, Colonel Taylor was director of medical programs and resources in the Office of the Air Force Surgeon General, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. There, he was responsible for the planning, programming and budget allocation of the annual $4.7 billion Air Force Medical Service program. He is a 1994 graduate of the National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., and commanded the Air Force hospital at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, from July 1993 to April 1995.

Colonel Taylor was born in Birmingham, Ala. His wife, Beth, is from Midland, Mich. They have two children: Maggie and Katie.

1975 Bachelor of Arts in Physics and Russian, Rice University, Houston, Texas

1978 Doctorate of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

1984 Masters in Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.

1985 Residency in Aerospace Medicine, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas

1994 National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.

1. October 1979 - March 1981, chief, flight medicine, U.S. Air Force Clinic Kadena, and squadron flight surgeon, 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan
2. April 1981 - August 1983, chief, aerospace medicine, Detachment 3, Air Force Flight Test Center, Henderson, Nev.
3. September 1983 - June 1984, student, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.
4. July 1984 - June 1985, resident, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas
5. July 1985 - June 1988, chief of aerospace medicine and commander of the air transportable hospital, U.S. Air Force Hospital Torrejon, Torrejon Air Base, Spain
6. July 1988 - June 1990, medical inspector, Active Duty Forces, Air Force Safety and Inspection Center, Norton Air Force Base, Calif.
7. June 1990 - July 1992, chief, aerospace medicine, U.S. Air Force Hospital Edwards, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
8. August 1992 - June 1993, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
9. July 1993 – April 1995, commander and director, base medical services, 75th Medical Group, Odgen Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah
10. May 1995 - June 1996, chief, aerospace medicine division; then deputy director, Air Force Medical Operations Agency, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D. C.
11. June 1996 - June 97, associate director; then director, medical programs and resources, Office of the Surgeon General, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D. C.

12. June 1997 - Present, command surgeon, U. S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany

Rating: Chief flight surgeon

Flight hours: More than 1,500

Aircraft flown: F-15D, F-16B/D, C-5, C-12, C-21, C-130, C-141, KC-135, T-37, T-38, T-39

Chief physician, certified in aerospace medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine, 1986

Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine

Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association

Consultant to the Surgeon General for Aerospace Medicine, 1995

Medical license: Texas

Legion of Merit

Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters

Air Force Commendation Medal

Air Force Achievement Medal

Air Force Recognition Ribbon

Malcolm C. Grow Award as the U.S. Air Force Flight Surgeon of the Year, 1980

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Captain: July 2, 1979

Major: June 5, 1984

Lieutenant Colonel: Sept. 30, 1989

Colonel: May 31, 1994

(Current as of August 1997)