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This is a list of female United States military generals and flag officers, that are either currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, or are retired.They are listed under their respective service branches, which make up the Department of Defense, with the exception of the Coast Guard, which is part of Homeland Security.
She was the first woman in United States military and uniformed service history to achieve a four-star officer rank, receiving her fourth star on 14 November 2008. [ 4 ] In 2005 Dunwoody became the United States Army's top-ranking female when she received the promotion to lieutenant general (three stars) and became the Army's Deputy Chief of ...
Sherian Grace Cadoria (born January 26, 1940) is a retired United States Army officer. She became the first African-American woman to achieve general officer rank in the regular United States Army on promotion to brigadier general in 1985. She was the highest ranking black woman in the military at the time of her retirement in 1990.
In 1989, Kristin Baker became the first female First Captain, the highest ranking senior cadet at the academy. [46] Rebecca Marier became the academy's first female valedictorian in 1995. [47] In 1978, the Women's Army Corps was disestablished and its members integrated into the regular Army. [48]
Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff render a salute during the departure ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base for former President Ronald Reagan, 11 June 2004.. There are currently 43 active-duty four-star officers in the uniformed services of the United States: 11 in the Army, three in the Marine Corps, nine in the Navy, 14 in the Air Force, three in the Space Force, two in the Coast Guard ...
Sharon Nesmith will become the Deputy Chief of the General Staff and the army’s highest ranked female officer in August.
Franchetti, the Navy’s highest-ranking military officer, discovered she had Stage 1 breast cancer during a routine mammogram in late June. ... Biden nominated Franchetti to serve as the first ...
Kristen Marie Griest (born October 2, 1989) is one of the two first women, along with Shaye Lynne Haver, to graduate from the United States Army Ranger School, which occurred on 21 August 2015. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Griest and Haver were ranked 34th on Fortune magazine's 2016 list of the World's Greatest Leaders. [ 4 ]