Laura J. Richardson

**Laura Jane Richardson**  ( née **Strickland** ; an haife ta a ranar 11 ga Disamba 1963)   janarar ce mai ritaya ta rundunar sojin Amurka wacce ta yi aiki a ƙarshe a matsayin kwamandan rundunar sojin kudancin Amurka daga 2021 zuwa 2024. Kafin haka, ita ce janarar mai kula da rundunar sojojin Amurka ta Arewa daga 2019 zuwa 2021.

A matsayinta na mai jirgin sama na soja, Richardson ta tashi jirage masu saukar ungulu na Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk. An inganta ta zuwa brigadier janar a shekara ta 2011, ta yi aiki a cikin umarni daban-daban a Fort Hood kuma a matsayin shugaban ma'aikatan sadarwa a cikin Sojojin Taimako na Tsaro na Duniya a Afghanistan . A watan Yunin 2017, an kara ta zuwa janar janar kuma an nada ta mataimakiyar kwamandan janar na Rundunar Sojojin Amurka (FORSCOM). Ta yi aiki a matsayin mukaddashin kwamandan FORSCOM daga Oktoba 2018 har zuwa Maris 2019 kuma, a ranar 8 ga Yulin 2019, ta zama mace ta farko da aka nada ta zama kwamandan Sojojin Amurka ta Arewa. Shugaba Joe Biden ya zabi Richardson a matsayin kwamandan rundunar kudancin Amurka a watan Maris na 2021 kuma Majalisar Dattijan Amurka ta tabbatar da wannan rawar a ranar 11 ga watan Agusta. Bayan an inganta shi a ranar 18 ga Oktoba 2021, Richardson ya zama mace ta biyu da ta kai matsayin janar a cikin Sojojin Amurka, da kuma mace ta uku da ta jagoranci kwamandan yaƙi.

## Rayuwa ta farko
'Yar Suzanne (Allen) Strickland, malami da Darwin Jan Strickland, likita,  Richardson ta girma a Northglenn, Colorado, inda ta halarci makarantun gwamnati kuma ta kammala karatunta daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Northglenn a 1982.   Ta halarci Kwalejin Jihar Metropolitan da ke Denver, inda ta sami digirin farko a fannin ilimin halayyar ɗan adam.    Ta kasance mai ninkaya ta Amurka kuma ta sami lasisin tukin jirgin sama tana da shekaru 16.  An ba Richardson aikin ne ta hanyar shirin horar da jami'an tsaro na rundunar sojoji a 1986.  

## Ayyukan ƙarami da jami'in filin
An ba Richardson izini a cikin Ofishin Jirgin Sama na Sojojin Amurka a 1986 a matsayin mataimakin na biyu. Richardson ya tashi jirage masu saukar ungulu na Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk a cikin Kamfanin Jirgin Sama na 128 (Assault Helicopter).   An ci gaba da ita zuwa mataimaki na farko a shekarar 1988 kuma daga baya ta kasance jami'in gudanarwa, jami'in zartarwa, da kuma shugaban rukuni tare da 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment .  Ta sauya zuwa Brigade na jirgin sama na 17 a matsayin mataimakiyar jami'in dabaru a 1989 kuma ta yi aiki a Koriya ta Kudu kafin ta koma 501st Aviation Regiment a matsayin jami'in ma'aikata a cikin 4th Battalion a 1990.   Richardson ya umurci Hedikwatar da Hedikwatar Kamfanin, 4th Battalion daga Satumba 1990 zuwa Satumba 1991, kuma an inganta shi zuwa kyaftin a watan Maris na shekara ta 1991.

Richardson ta halarci Ci gaban Jami'in Jirgin Sama a Fort Rucker a cikin 1991-1992 kuma ya ɗauki kwamandan Kamfanin B, 1st Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment a watan Yulin 1992. Daga baya ta yi aiki a matsayin jami'in ma'aikatan battalion (S-1). A cikin 1995-96 ta kasance mai horar da 'yan wasa a Shirin Horar da Kwamandan Yakin a Fort Leavenworth kafin ta kwashe shekara guda a matsayin dalibi a Kwalejin Kwamandan Sojoji da Janar Janar. An ɗaukaka shi zuwa manyan a watan Maris na shekara ta 1997, Richardson ya zama jami'in aiki sannan kuma babban jami'in 9th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment . [1]

Richardson ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin soja ga Mataimakin Shugaban kasa Al Gore tsakanin Fabrairu 1999 da Janairu 2001. A wannan shekarar an kara ta zuwa Lieutenant Colonel kuma ta zama mataimakiyar jami'in ayyukan 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). Daga Yuli 2002 zuwa Mayu 2004 Richardson ya kasance kwamandan Battalion na 5, 101st Aviation Regiment kuma ya yi aiki tare da wannan rukunin a kan Operation Iraqi Freedom . A wannan *[[Time (magazine)|Lokaci]]*, an nuna ta a bangon mujallar Time ta 24 ga Maris 2003.  Ita, mijinta, da 'yarsu sun kasance batutuwan wani labari na Nancy Gibbs mai taken "An American Family Goes to War", inda aka bayyana su a matsayin "...maigidan farko da matar kwamandojin battalion a cikin sabon soja mai aure-da-yara". Ta kasance mai tsara yakin neman zabe na Sojoji tare da mataimakin shugaban ma'aikata don ayyukan da tsare-tsare daga 2004 zuwa 2006. A shekara ta 2007, an ba ta digiri na Master of Science daga Kwalejin Masana'antu ta Jami'ar Tsaro ta Kasa (yanzu Makarantar Dwight D. Eisenhower don Tsaro da Dabarun Kasa) a Fort McNair . An ɗaukaka ta zuwa kolonel, ta kasance kwamandan garuruwan Sojoji a Fort Myer har zuwa Oktoba 2009 lokacin da aka sanya ta a matsayin shugaban sashen hulɗa na Majalisar Dattijai ta Amurka don Sakataren Sojoji.

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