Ann dunwoody biography

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 15, 2012) -- The first woman to serve as a four-star general in both the Army and the U.S.

armed forces, Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody retired today after 38 years in uniform.

"Ann is a leader who lived our Army values, who always led from the front, who dedicated herself to the profession of arms," said Chief of Staff of the Army Gen.

Ray Odierno, who hosted the retirement.

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Ann Elizabeth Dunwoody is a retired general of the United States Army.

Dunwoody is the first woman promoted to the rank of four-star general in the military.

"In my mind, Ann Dunwoody is the epitome of the Army professional."

Dunwoody joined the Army in 1974, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Women's Army Corps in 1975. Her first assignment was as supply platoon leader, 226th Maintenance Company (Forward, Direct Support), 100th Supply and Services Battalion (Direct Support), Fort Sill, Okla.

Since then, she's served at every level of command.

"Her true legacy and reward will be the thousands of Soldiers and civilians whose lives she has touched through the span of