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07-30-2008, 04:56
FORT BRAGG, N.C. --A doctor stationed in North Carolina has been promoted to brigadier general while on a deployment to Iraq.

Col. Joseph Caravalho Jr. became Brig. Gen. Joseph Caravalho Jr. on Tuesday during a ceremony at Al Faw Palace in Baghdad's Camp Victory. The new general's family watched the ceremony over a video link back at Fort Bragg.

The doctor received his single star from Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, who is commander of the multinational force in Iraq. Caravalho has been based at Bragg since 2003.

In addition to being a physician, Caravalho also is an Army Ranger and Special Forces soldier.



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