Rebecca S. Halstead

Rebecca Stevens "Becky" Halstead (alizaliwa 1959) ni afisa wa zamani wa Jeshi la Marekani na alikuwa mwanamke wa kwanza kutoka West Point kuhitimu na kuwa afisa jenerali. Alikuwa 34th Chief of Ordnance na Kamandanti wa Kituo na Shule za Maeneo ya Silaha za Jeshi la Marekani katika Kituo cha Jaribio cha Aberdeen, Maryland.

Maisha ya mapema
Halstead alizaliwa huko Willseyville, New York mwaka 1959, na alihitimu kutoka Candor, New York Shule ya Upili mwaka 1977.Visionary Leadership, by Rebecca S. Halstead, Master's Degree Thesis, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1993Profile, Rebecca S. Halstead , Porcelain on Steel: The Women of West Point's Long Gray Line, undated, accessed January 25, 2011Halstead Becomes First Female Grad BG , by Eric S. Bartler, features editor, the Pointer View (weekly newspaper for West Point graduates), Volume 61, Number 35, September 3, 2004Retired Brigadier General Rebecca Halstead to Address Cadets, Community on Leadership , by Matt Kelly, University of Virginia News Site, February 5, 2009

Kazi ya Awali
Alipopewa kazi katika Jeshi la Marekani, Kikosi cha Mafundi wa Silaha, nafasi zake za awali ziliwemo: kiongozi wa kikosi (platoon leader), afisa wa operesheni na afisa mtendaji (executive officer) katika 69th Ordnance Company, 559th Artillery Group huko Vicenza, Italia; kamanda wa Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 80th Ordnance Battalion, Fort Lewis (Washington), Washington; kamanda wa 63rd Ordnance Company, 80th Ordnance Battalion, Fort Lewis, Washington state; na Afisa wa Vifaa (Materiel Officer), 80th Ordnance Battalion, Fort Lewis, Washington.Authority Transferred To 80th Ordnance Battalion

Kazi ya Baadae
Mnamo Septemba 2003, Halstead alipewa jukumu kama Naibu Kamanda wa Amri ya Usaidizi wa Ukumbi wa 21 nchini Ujerumani. Mnamo Septemba 2004, alipewa jukumu la kamanda wa 3rd Corps Support Command (COSCOM), ikiwa ni pamoja na kutumwa Iraq kwa ajili ya Vita vya Iraq. Mnamo Januari 2005, alipandishwa cheo hadi Jenerali wa Brigedi, akiwa mwanafunzi wa kike wa kwanza wa West Point kufikia cheo cha afisa wa jenerali.Newspaper article, Boles looks back on his seven months of directing logistical support in Iraq, by Kevin Dougherty, Stars and Stripes, September 3, 2004Magazine article, Breaking the Long Gray Line, by Linda Robinson, US News and World Report, September 5, 2004

Marejeo

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