A 4-Star HOOAH!

First woman four-star general to lead major Army Command

Nov 12, 2008
BY U.S. Army Materiel Command Public Affairs Office

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (AMC News Service, Nov. 7, 2008) - Lt. Gen. (promotable) Ann E. Dunwoody will assume command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command from outgoing commander, Gen. Benjamin S. Griffin in a ceremony at the AMC headquarters parade field here Nov. 14 at 2 p.m.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey, Jr. will preside over the ceremony, which will include a 19-gun salute, the AMC Band and the AMC ceremonial color guard.

Dunwoody will be promoted as the first woman four-star general in the U.S. military in a ceremony at the Pentagon earlier in the day.

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What? A woman? A 4-star? Note to the US Army: What took you so long!!??