General Ann Elizabeth Dunwoody

Agenda
Early Years o Childhood & Family o Education U.S. Army Career o Commands o Staff Assignments o Deployments o Career Firsts Photo Controversy Awards and Decorations o Other honors Conclusion

Early Years

Childhood & Family
o Ann Dunwoody was born in 1953 to Elizabeth and Harold Dunwoody at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. o Her father was a career Army officer, which allowed Ann to live in Germany and Belgium while growing up.

Education
o Graduated from Supreme Headquarters Powers Europe (SHAPE) American High School in 1971 o Graduated from the State University of New York College at Cortland in 1975, receiving a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education o Quartermaster Officers' Basic Course in 1976 o Basic Airborne School in 1976 o Quartermaster Officers' Advanced Course o Command and General Staff College o Master of Science Degree in Logistics Management from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1988 o Master of Science Degree in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1995 o United States Army Jumpmaster Course

U.S. Army Career

After college, Dunwoody was direct commissioned in the Women's Army Corps Dunwoody's first assignment was as a platoon leader in the 226th Maintenance Company, 100th Supply and Services Battalion, Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Commands
o During her 30+ years as a Quartermaster Corps officer, she has commanded 226th Maintenance Company, Fort Sill, Oklahoma 5th Quartermaster Detachment (Airborne), Kaiserslautern, Germany 407th Supply and Service Battalion/782nd Main Support Battalion (MSB), Fort Bragg, NC 10th Mountain Division Support Command (DISCOM), Fort Drum, NY 1st Corps Support Command (1st COSCOM), Fort Bragg, NC Military Traffic Command (MTMC)/Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC), Alexandria, VA

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Staff Assignments
o o o o Parachute Officer, 82nd Airborne Division Strategic planner for Army Chief of Staff Executive Officer to the Director, Defense Logistics Agency Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics G-4

Deployments
o Saudi Arabia, Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm (19891991) o Afghanistan/Uzbekistan, Operation Enduring Freedom I (2001-2002)

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Career Firsts
First woman to command a battalion in the 82nd Airborne Division o First female general officer in Fort Bragg, NC o First woman to command the Combined Arms Support Command at Fort Lee, Virginia o Second female to achieve the rank of Lieutenant General behind Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Claudia Kennedy, former Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence o First woman in US military history to achieve the rank of four-star General (ceremony was held at the Pentagon on November 14, 2008)
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Photo Controversy
The Department of Defense released an altered photo of General Dunwoody, in which the background of her photo was replaced with a U.S. flag. This resulted in the Associated Press withdrawing the photo, beginning an investigation into its circulation of the altered photo, and temporarily suspending its publication of photos provided by the Department of Defense. There was no evidence that General Dunwoody had any knowledge or involvement in the manipulation. Associated Press director of photography Santiago Lyon said, "For us, there's a zero-tolerance policy of adding or subtracting actual content from an image." The Department of Defense said that the alteration did not violate Army policy, which prohibited editing of an image to misrepresent facts or circumstances.

Awards and Decorations

Distinguished Service Medal (Army) (1 x bronze oak leaf cluster) Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit (2 x bronze oak leaf clusters) Defense Meritorious Service Medal (1 x silver oak leaf cluster) Army Commendation Medal Army Achievement Medal National Defense Service Medal (1 x service star) Southwest Asia Service Medal (2 x service stars) Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) Master Parachutist Badge (US) Parachute Rigger Badge Army Staff Identification Badge Parachutist Badge (German)

Awards and Decorations

1998 Recipient of the Military Distinguished Order of Saint Martin (Army Quartermaster Corps) 2001 Distinguished Alumna for Cortland State SUNY. 2002 Inducted as a Distinguished Member of the Quartermaster Regiment. 2004 Recipient of the National Defense Transportation Associations DoD Distinguished Service Award. 2007 Recipient of Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) Distinguished Service Award. 2008 First female four-star general in the United States Armed Services. 2012 Inducted into the Quartermaster Hall of Fame 2012 Recipient Ancient Order of Saint Martin (Army Quartermaster Corps)

Summary

Early Years o Childhood & Family o Education U.S. Army Career o Commands o Staff Assignments o Deployments o Career Firsts Photo Controversy Awards and Decorations Other honors

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