You go, General!

I actually started to make the headline “You go, Girl!” but in no way did I want to diminish the amazing accomplishments of Ann Dunwoody, our country’s first female four -star general.  From everything I’ve read, she and her family are true patriots.  A member of her family has served in every war since our War of Independence.  Her dad is a retired Brigadier General who served in WWI, Korea, and Vietnam.  Her husband is a retired Air Force Colonel.

After her Pentagon ceremony, Dunwoody was sworn in as commander of the Army Materiel Command, responsible for equipping, outfitting and arming all U.S. soldiers across the globe.  I was living in Fayetteville, NC when she became the 82nd Airborne Division’s first female battalion commander and heard positive comments, not scorn, from my military buddies.

The first American woman was promoted to general rank in 1970 by the Army.  Now just shy of 60 military women wear stars as generals or admiral.

Here’s a good site to learn more about women in the military: http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/