Former Army surgeon and current Tennessee State Senator Mark Green, MD, is expected to be nominated by President Donald Trump to be U.S. Secretary of the Army, according to WBIR.
Here's what you need to know:
1. Dr. Green served as a U.S. Army special operations flight surgeon during the Iraq War.
2. He previously served as medical director of several emergency departments and founded Clarskville, Tenn.-based Align MD in 2009. He currently serves as the emergency room management firm's chairman and CEO.
3. Dr. Green met with President Trump on Wednesday, March 29 and has reportedly been undergoing intensive background checks by the White House and FBI.
4. Dr. Green was elected to the Tennessee State Senate in 2012 and had announced his run for governor earlier this year, according to The Tennessean.
5. The Secretary of the Army oversees the Army's global reserve installations and manages a roughly $150 billion budget.
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