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    Kennedy Nominated Army's First Female Lieutenant General

    WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES

    03.27.1997

    Story by Gerald Gilmore 

    Department of War         

    A former cryptologic staff officer has "broken the code" on three-star rank for female Army generals.

    President Clinton has nominated Maj. Gen. Claudia J. Kennedy, 49, to become a lieutenant general, the Army's first female officer chosen to wear three stars.

    Once confirmed, Kennedy will join Navy Vice Adm. Patricia Tracey and Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Carol A Mutter as the military's only three-star female officers. Tracey, chief of Naval education and training at Pensacola Naval Air Station, Fla., was promoted last July. Mutter, the Marine Corps' deputy chief of staff for manpower and reserve affairs, received her third star last September.

    Kennedy, a 29-year veteran, was assigned as the assistant deputy chief of staff for intelligence in July 1995. She became acting chief in February. Upon Senate confirmation of her promotion, Kennedy will become the Army's intelligence chief.

    Story by Gerry J. Gilmore, National Guard Bureau

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    Date Taken: 03.27.1997
    Date Posted: 07.04.2025 00:09
    Story ID: 527949
    Location: WASHINGTON, US

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