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FORSCOM Forces Command
FS Field Station
GPS Global Positioning System
GSC General Staff College
HUMINT Human Intelligence
IAV Interim Armored Vehicle
ID Infantry Division
IET Initial Entry Training
IG Inspector General
IMINT Imagery Intelligence
INSCOM Intelligence and Security Command
IO Information Operations
JAG Judge Advocate General
JOCCP Junior Officer Cryptologic Career Program
JSA Joint Security Area
MASINT Measurement and Signature Intelligence
MI Military Intelligence
MILPERCEN Military Personnel Center
MIOAC Military Intelligence Officer Advance Course
MOS Military Occupational Specialty
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MP Military Police
MWR Morale, Welfare, and Recreation
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCO Noncommissioned Officer
ODCSOPS Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans
OER Officer Efficiency Report
OPTEMPO Operations Tempo
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
OSUT One Station Unit Training
POAC Pentagon Officers Athletic Club
PT Physical Training
RIF Reduction in Force
ROK Republic of Korea
ROTC Reserve Officer Training Corps
RPM Real Property Maintenance
SACO Staff Action Control Office
SCIF Special Compartmented Intelligence Facility
SIGINT Signals Intelligence
SOF Special Operations Forces
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
TRADOC Training and Doctrine Command
UCMJ Uniform Code of Military Justice
UNC United Nations Command
USAREUR United States Army Europe
WAAC Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
WAC Women's Army Corps
WAREX War Exercise
WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction
XO Executive Officer
Chronology, United States Army Service Lieutenant General Claudia J. Kennedy
SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE
Direct Appointment
MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED
Women's Army Corps Officer Basic Course
Military Intelligence Officer Advance Course
United States Army Command and General Staff College
United States Army War College
EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
Southwestern at Memphis, BA Degree, Philosophy
FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S)
French, German
PROMOTIONS DATES OF APPOINTMENT (Note: Selection to grade often occurred in year prior to appointment.)
Second Lieutenant 2 Jun 69
First Lieutenant 2 Jun 70
Captain 2 Jun 71
Major 10 Jul 79
Lieutenant Colonel 1 Jul 85
Colonel 1 Mar 91
Brigadier General 1 Oct 93
Major General 1 Nov 96
Lieutenant General 21 May 97
MAJOR DUTY ASSIGNMENTS
FROM TO ASSIGNMENT
Jan 70 May 71 Administrative Officer, G-1 (Personnel), United States Army Garrison, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Jun 71 Jul 73 Women's Army Corps Recruiting Officer, United States Army Recruiting Main Station, Concord, New Hampshire
Aug 73 Aug 75 Commander, Staff and Faculty Company, United States Women's Army Corps Center and School, Fort McClellan, Alabama
Aug 75 Mar 76 Student, Military Intelligence Officer Advance Course, United States Army Intelligence Center and School, Fort Huachuca, Arizona
Mar 76 Jun 76 Student, Basic Electronic Warfare/Cryptologic Officer Course, United States Army Security Agency Training Center and School, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Jul 76 Feb 77 Electronic Warfare Staff Officer, United States Army Security Agency Field Station, Camp Humphrey, United States Army, Korea
Feb 77 Jul 77 Strategic Intelligence Officer, 501st Military Intelligence Group (Provisional), United States Army, Korea
Jul 77 Jul 80 Cryptologic Staff Officer, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command, Military Intelligence Group (SIGINT/EW), with duty at National Security Agency, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Aug 80 Jun 81 Student, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Jul 81 Mar 84 Assistant Operations Officer, later Operations Officer, United States Army Field Station Augsburg, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command, Germany
Mar 84 Jun 86 Staff Officer, Director of Training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, Washington, D.C.
Jul 86 Jul 88 Commander, 3rd Operations Battalion, United States Army Field Station Augsburg, later Commander, 714th Military Intelligence Battalion, 701st Military Intelligence Brigade, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command, Germany
Jul 88 Jul 90 Commander, San Antonio Recruiting Battalion, 5th Recruiting Brigade, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Aug 90 Jun 91 Student, United States Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Jul 91 Mar 93 Commander, 703rd Military Intelligence Brigade, Kunia, Hawaii
Apr 93 Jul 94 Director, Intelligence, G-2, Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia
Jul 94 Jul 95 Deputy Commander, United States Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca/Assistant Commandant, United States Army Intelligence School, Fort Huachuca, Arizona
Jul 95 May 97 Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, United States Army, Washington, D.C.
May 97 Jun 00 Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, United States Army, Washington, D.C.
Retired 31 July 2000
U.S. DECORATIONS AND BADGES
National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal
Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Staff Identification Badge
“She truly has the right stuff.”
—Brigadier General Evelyn “Pat” Foote
When Claudia Kennedy retired from the United States Army in June 2000, she had made history by becoming the Army's first woman three-star general. The highest-ranking female officer of her time, she was Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, overseeing 45,000 soldiers worldwide.
Now a military analyst for NBC News, General Kennedy describes her thirty-two-year career, which spanned a time of monumental transformation for the military. She tells how—just after the Army began to allow women officers to command men—she was placed in charge of a rebellious, out-of-control company where she restored order and respect. She shows us the daunting challenges she faced over the years, from the DMZ in South Korea to the offices of the Pentagon. And she reveals how one of our most revered and misunderstood institutions really operates … as we meet a superlative leader who both witnessed groundbreaking changes in the Army and helped make them.
“Kennedy was known within the Army as a determined advocate for women soldiers…[and for her] principled commitment to creating a female-friendly force.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Engaging. …Kennedy talks stars, stripes, and soldiers.”
—New York Daily News
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