Ann E. Dunwoody

**Ann Elizabeth Dunwoody** (an haife ta a ranar 14 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1953) ita ce Janar mai ritaya na Sojojin Amurka. Ita ce mace ta farko a tarihin soja da kayan aiki na Amurka don cimma matsayi taurari huɗu na aiki, ta sami tauraruwarta ta huɗu a ranar 14 ga Nuwamba 2008. 

A shekara ta 2005 Dunwoody ta zama mace mafi kololuwar matsayi a aikin Sojan Amurka lokacin da ta sami karin girma zuwa janar janar (taurari uku) kuma ta zama Mataimakiyar Shugaban Ma'aikatan Sojoji, G-4 (dabaru). Shugaba George W. Bush ya zabi ta a matsayin Kwamandan Janar, Kwamandan Sojojin Amurka, a ranar 23 ga Yuni 2008, kuma Majalisar Dattijai ta tabbatar da ita wata daya bayan haka. Ta yi aiki a wannan matsayin har zuwa 7 ga Agusta 2012,  kuma ta yi ritaya daga aikin Soja a ranar 15 ga Agusta 2012.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Dunwoody a shekara ta 1953  a Fort Belvoir, Virginia   ga Elizabeth da Harold H. Dunwoody. Harold ya kasance jami'in Sojojin Amurka wanda ya yi ritaya a matsayin brigadier janar, kuma dangin Dunwoody sun bi shi a kan aiki a kasashen waje. Ann ta zauna a Jamus da Belgium yayin da take girma, ta kammala karatu daga Babban Hedikwatar Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) American High School a shekarar 1971.

A lokacin da take da shekaru 5, Dunwoody ta yanke shawarar cewa tana so ta zama likita ko nas. Kodayake ta fito ne daga dangin da ke da al'adar soja mai ƙarfi, da farko ba ta da sha'awar yin aiki a cikin soja. Bayan makarantar sakandare Dunwoody ta halarci Kwalejin Jihar New York a Cortland. A lokacin da ta fara karatun koleji, Dunwoody ta halarci shirin gabatar da Sojoji na makonni huɗu wanda za'a iya ci gaba, idan yana da sha'awa, tare da Darussan Gudanar da Jami'an Mata na makonni goma sha ɗaya, wanda hakan ya haifar da sadaukarwar shekaru biyu. A shekara ta 1975 ta yi aiki, ta zama mataimaki na biyu a cikin *Quartermaster Corps* kuma ta halarci Makarantar Sojan Amurka. A lokacin ne ta fahimci cewa Sojoji "kungiya ce da ta kasance kamar yadda mai daraja kamar dai dangin da na fito daga ciki, kuma sannan watakila na gane cewa ainihin buri na shine na zama soja. Ban san aikin ba saboda ban taɓa ainihin fuskantar sa ba".

## Ayyuka

A shekara ta 1975, Dunwoody ta kammala karatu daga Kwalejin Jihar New York a Cortland tare da digiri a fannin ilimin jiki - Cortland babbar makarantar goma ce a wannan fannin - kuma an dauke ta kai tsaye a cikin Sojojin Mata. A wata hira da aka yi da ita da kungiyar Sojoji, Dunwoody ta bayyana abin da ya sa ta zama soja:
: Na girma a cikin sojoji kuma na fito daga ahali wanda tun daga  1862, sun kasance suna kare wannan kasa. Kakan Kaka na, da Kaka na, da mahaifi na, dan uwa na, da yar uwa ta, da diyar kanwa ta, da miji na duka sun kasance tsofaffin sojojin da suka fafata a yakunan wannan kasa. Mahaifi na babban sojan yakuna uku ne manyan tsaffin sojoji miliyan 25 wanda suka yi wa wannan kasa hidima da jarumta na gaske.

Babban aikin ma'aikatan Dunwoody sun haɗa da sabis a matsayin Jami'in Parachute, 82nd Airborne Division; mai tsara dabarun ga Shugaban Ma'aikatan Sojoji (CSA); Babban Jami'in Darakta, Hukumar Kula da Tsaro; da Mataimakin Shugaban Ma'aikata na Logistics G-4.

Daga Mayu 1989 zuwa Mayu 1991, Dunwoody ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in zartarwa kuma daga baya jami'in parachute na 407th Supply and Transportation Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, a Fort Bragg kuma an tura shi Saudi Arabia don Operation Desert Shield / Operation Desert Storm .  a shekara ta 2001, A matsayinta na Kwamandan Taimako na 1st Corps ta tura rundunar Logistics Task Force don tallafawa Operation Enduring Freedom 1 kuma ta tashi da Kwamandan hadin gwiwa a Uzbekistan don tallafawa hadin gwiwar hadin gwiwa (CJTF) -180. A matsayinta na Kwamandan Rarraba da Rarraba (SDDC), ta goyi bayan mafi girman turawa da sake tura sojojin Amurka tun lokacin yakin duniya na biyu.

### Rigakafin cin zarafin jima'i
Dunwoody, tare da George W. Casey Jr. sun kasance masu himma wajen turawa don rage cin zarafin jima'i a cikin Sojojin Amurka. Dunwoody ta yi imanin cewa ya kamata Sojojin Amurka su ba da misali ga sauran duniya kuma suna da "aiki mai mahimmanci da za su yi" don rage cin zarafin jima'i, amma suna samun ci gaba.

## Lambobin yabo na Soja, kyautuka, da girmamawa
Lambobin yabo da girmamawa na Dunwoody sun hada da:

### Other honors
* 1998 Recipient of the Military Distinguished Order of Saint Martin (Army Quartermaster Corps).
* 2001 Distinguished Alumna for Cortland State SUNY.
* 2002 Inducted as a Distinguished Member of the Quartermaster Regiment.
* 2004 Recipient of the National Defense Transportation Association's DoD Distinguished Service Award.
* 2007 Recipient of Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) Distinguished Service Award.
* 2008 First female four-star general in the United States Armed Services.
* 2012 Inducted into the Quartermaster Hall of Fame
* 2012 Recipient Ancient Order of Saint Martin (Army Quartermaster Corps)
* 2009 recipient of the Association of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces Eisenhower Award
* 2011 recipient of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Theodore Roosevelt Award
* 2011 recipient of the French National Order of Merit
* 2013 Inducted into the U.S. Army Women's Foundation Hall of Fame
* Keys to: Madison County, Huntsville city and Madison city
* USO Woman of the Year
* 2018 Honorary Doctorate of Humanities. Michigan State University
* 2019 recipient of the Sylvanus Thayer Award

## Manazarta