WASHINGTON — President Bush on Monday nominated the first female four-star general in the history of the U.S. armed forces to head the command responsible for supplying the Army with its equipment.
Lt. Gen. Ann Dunwoody’s selection as chief of Army Materiel Command comes nearly 11 years after the first female three-star general was appointed as head of Army intelligence and 38 years after the first two women were named as Army one-stars.
“Women continue to achieve great success and make invaluable contributions to the defense of this nation,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a statement. “This is an historic occasion for the Department of Defense.”
There are 57 female generals and admirals in the U.S. military, but only five have three stars.
