Roudebush Nominated as USAF Top Doc: President Bush has nominated Maj. Gen. James G. Roudebush for a third star and to become the Air Force Surgeon General. Roudebush, who currently serves as the deputy SG, would replace Lt. Gen. George Peach Taylor Jr., who plans to retire this summer. Roudebush entered the Air Force in 1975 after receiving his doctor of medicine degree from the University of Nebraska and has served as command surgeon of US Central Command, Pacific Air Forces, and US Transportation Command.
Active-duty transgender troops have until June 6 to self-identify and begin the voluntary separation process or wait and risk possible involuntary separation later—even as questions linger over how that decision might affect their security clearances for future employment.