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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.
The U.S. Navy promoted a female line officer, Fran McKee, to flag rank in 1976. RADM McKee thus became the first Navy woman who was not a nurse to achieve star rank, as well as the first female unrestricted line officer appointed to flag rank. [7] [50] Women began attending U.S. Navy Aviation Officer Candidate School. [7]
Pages in category "Female generals and flag officers of the United States" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
U.S. Navy women are among the victims when the USS Cole is attacked by a suicide bomber in Yemen. [1] The Women at Sea (WAS) Distribution and Assignment Working Group was established in the U.S. Navy. [5] The Army National Guard promoted the first woman to major general. [1] First woman in the U.S. Coast Guard promoted to Flag Officer: RADM ...
The U.S. Marine Corps opened its Infantry Officers Course in Quantico, Va. to women for the first time in its history. Two women joined; one dropped out on 28 September after not completing the introductory endurance test. The other passed that test but was dropped later because of unspecified medical reasons. [47] [48]
Female generals and flag officers of the United States (5 C, 3 P) Female wartime cross-dressers in the American Civil War (27 P) Pages in category "American female military personnel"
In 1967 Public Law 90-130 was signed into law; it removed legal ceilings on women's promotions that had kept them out of the general and flag ranks, and dropped the two percent ceiling on officer and enlisted strengths for women in the armed forces. [14] In 1969 women were allowed to join the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps. [7]
Holm updated the book in 1992–1994, filling in American women's combat and military experiences in the invasions of Grenada, Panama and in the Gulf War. [9] In 1998, Holm published a history of American women serving in World War II , entitled In Defense of a Nation: Servicewomen in World War II , summarizing the experiences of women serving ...