Patricia P. Hickerson

**Patricia Parsons Hickerson** (an haife ta a ranar 15 ga Satumba, 1942) babban janar ne mai ritaya a cikin Sojojin Amurka . Ta yi aiki na tsawon shekaru 32 kuma ta kasance Adjutant Janar na Sojoji daga 1991 zuwa 1994. Bayan da ta yi ritaya a shekara ta 2001, Hickerson ta rike mukamin babban janar, mace ta uku a tarihin Sojojin Amurka da ta karbi tauraruwarta ta biyu, kuma babban jami'in mace a cikin sojoji.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Patricia Parsons Hickerson a ranar 15 ga Satumba, 1942, a Louisville, Kentucky, ga John Millard da Rose Parsons. [ ana buƙatar ambato ] Ta halarci Kwalejin Converse inda ta sami digiri na farko a fannin kiɗa a shekarar 1964 sannan daga baya ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin kiɗa a shekarar 1966 saboda ta kasance ƙwararren mai busa sarewa. [1] Kafin aikin soja, ta yi aiki a matsayin malamar makaranta. Ta kuma kammala karatun digiri a fannin Jagoranci ga Shugabannin Gudanarwa, Cibiyar Jagoranci Mai Kirkire-kirkire tare da Shirin Manyan Shugabannin Gudanarwa, Makarantar Gwamnati ta John F. Kennedy, Jami'ar Harvard . [1]

## Aikin soja
Bayan halartar Converse, Hickerson ya shiga kuma ya kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Mata ta Rundunar Sojojin Mata a shekarar 1968, inda ya yi aiki a Rundunar Sojojin Amurka a matsayin Laftanar na biyu .Lokacin da sojoji suka kawo ƙarshen daftarin a shekarar 1972, Sojojin Amurka suna buƙatar ƙarin jami'ai a cikin ayyukansu yayin da Yaƙin Vietnam ya ci gaba har zuwa 1975.  Wannan ya bar gibin aiki ga mata don cikewa kuma Hickerson ya dace da lissafin. A wannan shekarar aka ɗaukaka ta zuwa Laftanar ta farko ta hanyar ci gaba da aikinta da ilimin soja. Ta fara aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar jami'ar kula da ma'aikata a cikin Sashen Kula da Ma'aikata a Gundumar Soja a Washington daga 1968 zuwa 1969. Hickerson ta koma ta zama kwamandan ƙungiyar mawaka ta 14, ƙungiyar mawaka mata ɗaya tilo a tarihin sojojin Amurka, a matsayin wani ɓangare na Rundunar Sojojin Mata ta Amurka a Fort McClellan, Alabama daga 1970 zuwa 1972.  Ta ci gaba da halartar Kwas ɗin Ci Gaba na Jami'an Sojoji a 1973 kuma ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mata biyu na farko da suka kammala kwas ɗin a Fort Benning, Georgia. &#x5B; **' &#x5D;</sup> Bayan nasarar makarantar sojoji, Hickerson ta zama mai ba da shawara kan reshe a cikin Ƙungiyar Shirye-shiryen Reshe na Yaƙi a Fort Gillem, Georgia daga 1973 zuwa 1975. Hickerson ta ci gaba da zama Jami'ar Shiga Jami'a a Kwalejin Soja ta Amurka (USMA) na tsawon shekaru biyu. Wannan ya nuna jami'a mace ta farko da ta kasance a cikin ma'aikata a tarihin Long Grey Line.  Tasirinta ya taimaka wajen buɗe hanyar yin USMA ta zama mai ilimi tare, yayin da aka shigar da ɗaliban jami'a mata biyu na farko a lokacin da take a West Point. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B; **' &#x5D; Bayan zamanta a West Point, Hickerson ta halarci Kwalejin Kwamandan Sojojin Amurka da Kwalejin Janar na Ma'aikata a 1978. Daga nan ta tura zuwa Koriya a matsayin jami'in gudanarwa na sirri a Cibiyar Sojojin Amurka daga 1978 zuwa 1979 kuma ta zama Mataimakiyar Shugaban Ma'aikata na Ma'aikata a Sashen Sojoji na Biyu daga 1979 zuwa 1980. 

## Manazarta