Brig. General Laura Yeager becomes the first woman to lead the US Army Infantry Division

A Brigadier General is expected to enter the story this month by becoming the first woman to lead an infantry division of the US Army.

The 40th Infantry Division of the California National Guard, which has been involved in major world conflicts dating back to the First World War, will travel to Brig. General Laura Yeager, his new commander, at a ceremony on June 29.

Yeager is currently the commander of Joint Task Force North, the US North Command at Fort. According to Bliss, an organization in Texas, the military is responsible for assisting "the federal law enforcement agencies in our country to identify and interdict the alleged activities of transnational criminal organizations in and around the United States. Continental United States.

Brig. General Laura Yeager will be the first woman to lead a division of the US Army Infantry.
(California National Guard)

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Yeager, who is also a former Black Hawk aeromedical evacuation pilot, was deployed to Iraq in 2011 as deputy commander of the 40th Aviation Brigade of the California National Guard, did he? he declares.

She will take command of Major-General Mark Malanka, who is retiring.

"As a woman, I found that the military offered unparalleled opportunities and benefits in all professions," Yeager said in an interview with the California National Guard in 2016 before he was promoted to Brigadier General.

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"It is clear that women are in the minority in the army. Yet, in all the tasks that I have done, my classmates, my subordinates and my superiors, mostly male, have supported me, treated me with respect, coached, guided and counseled, "she added. . "At the same time, I was inspired by the incredibly strong and incredible women with whom and for whom I served."

The California National Guard said that the 40th Infantry Division that Yeager will be leading soon served in the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and other regions such as Iraq, the United States, and the United States. Afghanistan and Kosovo.