On Nov. 
14, Army Gen. Ann Dunwoody became the first woman in the US military to reach four-star general. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey Jr. were among those attending a standing-room only ceremony in the Pentagon auditorium. Dunwoody, who now has taken charge of Army Materiel Command, previously served as deputy commanding general and chief of staff of the 130,000-strong organization located at Ft. Belvoir, Va. Dunwoody’s father and brother graduated from West Point as had her grandfather and his father before him, but at the time she entered the Army in the mid-1970s, the US Military Academy did not take women. “I never grew up in an environment where I even heard of the words ‘glass ceiling,” she said, adding, “You could always be anything you wanted to be if you worked hard.” Dunwoody declared, too, “I may be the first woman to achieve this honor; I know with certainty that I won’t be the last.” (AFPS report by Fred Baker III)
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
