Comments on: U.S. Names First Female 4-Star General

Va. Native Ann E. Dunwoody Also Sworn In As Commander Of The Army Materiel Command

[marcosis78]

In the words of Darth Vader, "Impressive"

[mswolfestock]

Trust me on this one -

No woman in the military gets her promotions "handed to her." Quite the opposite is true, and I should know.

General Dunwoody had to work at least three times as hard as her male counterparts to get to the top.

[gage170]

Funny that GOP_forever isn''''t up on the boards anymore to point out that this woman "had the job handed to her" because she''''s a woman.
Posted by aggiekat2004 at 10:39 AM : Nov 14, 2008

She now goes by gop_will_win or some such thing and she has been stirring up trouble on other boards!

[mswolfestock]

General Dunwoody, I salute you, Ma''am.

I''m a female Army veteran (75 - 78, Fort Carson Colorado 4th Ivy Division, MOS 64-C). It''s about time that women made it to the top of the chain of command.

I''d follow her anywhere, HOO-AH!!!!!!!!

[qutlaw104]

I forgot to add congadulations and good luck Gen. Dunwood

[gatofeo]

Back in 1976, I was a US Air Force Security Policeman (Law Enforcement).
I was assigned a female patrol partner, named Brophy, and was not happy about it. I figured I''d have to cover her butt too much.
Well, we got dispatched to a big fight at the Airman''s Club. We pulled up, leaped out of the cruiser and ran inside. A bunch of drunken soldiers, airmen and marines were duking it out.
I grabbed a marine and got him down on the floor, trying to get handcuffs on him. Suddenly, someone leaped on my back -- then that person was gone.
I later learned that Brophy, upon seeing the marine''s girlfriend jump on my back, broke off contact with the airman she was trying to cuff and ran over to pull this woman off me and handcuff her.
Later, in the car, I told Brophy, "You can ride with me any day."
I changed my view toward women in the military that evening and it''s never changed.
Congratulations to Gen. Dunwood for becoming commander of Army Materiel Command. Perhaps she''ll ensure that our troops -- male and female -- get all the "beans and bullets" they need to perform their mission.

[j_flood]

well done General! Take charge and move out!

[aggiekat2004]

Funny that GOP_forever isn''t up on the boards anymore to point out that this woman "had the job handed to her" because she''s a woman.

Congratulations, Ann! You''ve worked hard for this. What an honor for you, your family, and our country.

[glenaw-2009]

AmJoe - I doubt very much that Ann E. Dunwoody was put into the position that she is now to further Equal Opportunity Employment. A commander put into the position that she now holds would not be in that position to simply affirm women in the work place. She holds the position because she gets the job done with excellence. The one major problem that I see is if you were to have to take orders from a woman. Your prejudice in itself would make it a detriment to the armed forces. There are many armed forces in this world where women hold their own. Try looking at Israelis armed forces, just to bring up one.

[glenaw-2009]

Congradulations to Ann E. Dunwoody for advancing her career one more level. A great accomplishment for anyone!!!

[glenaw-2009]

It really is amazing that there are people in this world that do nothing constructive but to rain on others parade just to hear thier own words and feed thier own ego''s

[meboard]

Congratulations Gen Dunwood!

[hitoyou1]

This is great and people who try to take something away are make fun fo this are "IDIOTS" you know who you are.

[get_it_str8]

And she makes a killer meatloaf....