Meet the US Army's 1st 4 star Female General
 

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- America's first female four-star general has been nominated, the Pentagon announced Monday.


Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody was nominated to be America's first four-star female general.


President Bush nominated Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody to serve as head of the Army's supply arm.

By law women are excluded from combat jobs, the typical path to four-star rank in the military.

"This is an historic occasion for the Department of Defense and I am proud to nominate Lt. Gen. Ann Dunwoody for a fourth star," said Defense Secretary Robert Gates. "Her 33 years of service, highlighted by extraordinary leadership and devotion to duty, make her exceptionally qualified for this senior position."

The Senate must approve the nomination.

Dunwoody, a native of New York, was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1975 after her graduation from the State University of New York in Cortland. She also holds graduate degrees in national resource strategy and logistics management.

She became the Army's top-ranking woman in 2005 when she received her third star and became deputy chief of staff for Army logistics.

"I am very honored but also very humbled today with this announcement," said Dunwoody. "I grew up in a family that didn't know what glass ceilings were. This nomination only reaffirms what I have known to be true about the military throughout my career ... that the doors continue to open for men and women in uniform."



http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/23/wom...ef=mpstoryview

Associating the military with female accomplishment. McCain=military Obama= anti-Hillary. This is a clever move IMO.

Wha...?

LOL That was my reaction too.

Oh, BTW, the army's first female 3 star general was Claudia Kennedy. She's a Kappa Delta. :)

Im sorry .....what the f**k does this HAVE to do with politics?

The ONLY other reason why I posted this in the first place is that I have a friend that served with her in the 10th Mtn Div, @ Fort Drum NY many moons ago.


So, please for our enlightenment (or amusement, whichever comes first) please explain how in hell you came up with that????

Nobody else thinks that this might have happened because the military wants to appear like they aren't sexist? (even though they are)
I think it may be an attempt to bring woman voters into the McCain camp following the defeat of Hillary.

Nope. Isn't it possible that she actually deserved it?
How on earth would this help McCain? He wasn't the one who nominated her. :confused:

Oh...this makes more sense than your first attempt. LOL.

The military has been doing the nonsexist (and nonracist) PR thing for years. It isn't safe to assume that this is about that, though. It also isn't safe to assume that the military has pledged allegiance to McCain's campaign. Not impossible but conspiracy theories like that are impossible to prove.

And we all know that the military culture is the way it is regardless of anything else. So opinions shouldn't change because of the existence of this female general.

Congrats to her.

Like I said...for our amusement....


The woman served for 33 years...how many administrations is that?

Ford
Carter
Reagan
Bush I
Clinton
Bush II x 2

uhhhhhhh....I think she is due!!!!


You ever thought about the fact that in what you are saying is sexist to think that the military is being sexist, by promoting her?

PhiGam....can you please do us all a fave and try to coordinate your brain and shut down the mysogynistic side before you post your next statement...it may actually show the rest of us that there is a glimmer of hope that a caveman doesn't exist in that cranium of yours.....

I didn't read mysogyny in his posts. I read conspiracy theorist.

Now, if he had made a joke about how this accomplished female general doesn't suck--because her husband's mistress does--maybe.

I'll take that too...

I didn't say she wasn't deserving, but she can't be the first female in the history of the military who is deserving of a fourth star. If everyone who was deserving had gotten their fourth star then this would be a non-story. I'm not sure how you got misogyny out of my post, I stated facts.

I agree with you. :)

Umm...THAT is the point of the WHOLE story....she is the first WOMAN PERIOD..who has gotten one....but then you go off on some bullshit fishing expedition about how this is a political move trying to win supporters for McCain...Obviously not many people get one especially a woman...

Maybe you should have said what you just said without adding all the extra layers of jackassery in it....then it would make more sense...

Or maybe you thought you was trying to be funny....

Uhhh...no....


You know what...I don't have any more time to entertain your asinine comments today.


Do yourself a solid...click the link and read the entire story...


Ladies, especially those of you that are serving...thank you.