page_title: Catherine S. Lutz
section_title: General officer
hierarchical_section_title: Catherine S. Lutz / General officer
caption_attribution_description: English: During a Change of Command Ceremony held on February 2, 2013, Col Jonathan T. Wall is shown accepting the 172d AW unit flag from Maj Gen Catherine Lutz, Commander, Mississippi Air National Guard.
context_page_description: Major General Catherine S. Lutz was a Mississippi National Guard officer. She began her career as a nurse before becoming a medical officer. She served in a series of postings before being promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 2009 whilst acting as assistant to the Chief Nurse of the Air Force, becoming the first female general officer in the history of the Mississippi National Guard. She was subsequently promoted to the rank of major general and commander of the Mississippi Air National Guard.
context_section_description: From 2008 to 2011, Lutz was Air National Guard assistant to the Chief Nurse of the Air Force at Bolling Air Force Base, Maryland. In this role she received promotion to the rank of brigadier general on January 12, 2009. Lutz thus became the first female general officer in the history of the Mississippi National Guard. During her career Lutz also served as a compliance officer at the Veterans Administration Hospital and commander of an Air Expeditionary Medical Unit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She was a graduate of the Air Force Flight Nurse School, Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College and Air War College and was awarded the Legion of Merit.  
  Lutz was promoted to command the Mississippi Air National Guard in December 2011 and also served as the Assistant Adjutant General – Air for the Mississippi National Guard. She received promotion to the rank of Major General on December 3, 2011. Lutz was married to Major General William Lutz, a former military officer and county chancery judge, who she first met when they both served on the same Air National Guard base in Flowood.
caption: Lutz receiving promotion to Major General
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