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TOP WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES 2013


Maj. Gen. Kimberly Siniscalchi Assistant Air Force Surgeon General, Medical Force Development and Assistant Air Force Surgeon General, Nursing Services, Office of the Surgeon General


aj. Gen. Kimberley Sinis- calchi received her com- mission in 1979 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of Pittsburgh, Pa. Her leadership experience includes command- ing eight consecutive years at squadron and group levels, and serving Presidents George H.W. Bush and William J. Clinton as the Air Force nurse assigned to


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the White House Medical Unit. As assistant Air Force surgeon general, Nursing Services, she creates and evaluates nursing policies and programs for 19,000 active-duty, Guard and Reserve nursing personnel. Her directorate is responsible for medical education and training and establishing new policy and staffing requirements for over 44 thousand active-duty, officer, enlisted and civilian personnel.


Maj. Gen. Margaret H. Woodward Air Force Chief of Safety, Headquarters U.S. Air Force Commander, Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.


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aj. Gen. Margaret Wood- ward entered the Air


Force in 1983 as a graduate of Arizona State University, earn- ing a bachelor of science in aer- ospace engineering. Her career includes a variety of operational and staff positions, including command at the squadron, group, and wing levels.


She flew and commanded in operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Additionally, she was U.S. Air Forces Africa and Coalition Forces Air Component commander for Operation Odyssey Dawn. Prior to her current assignment, she was acting director, Operational Planning, Policy & Strategy in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans and Requirements.


Maj. Gen. Suzanne Vautrinot Commander, 24th Air Force; and Commander, Air Forces Cyber Commander, Air Force Network Operations


aj. Gen. Suzanne Vautrinot is responsible for the component provid- ing combatant commanders with trained and ready forces which plan and conduct cy- berspace operations. Twenty- fourth Air Force personnel maintain and defend the Air Force portion of the Depart- ment of Defense global net- work. The general directs the activities of three operational cyber wings. She entered the Air Force after graduating from the Air Force Academy in 1982. She has served in cyber operations, security, space operations and staff work. The general has commanded at the squadron, group, and wing levels, as well as the Air Force Recruiting Service. Prior to assuming her current position, the general was special assistant to the vice chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force


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As Air Force chief of safety, she develops, executes and evalu- ates aviation, ground, weapons, space and system mishap prevention, and nuclear surety programs to preserve combat readiness. She also manages, develops and directs all Air Force safety and risk management courses. She also holds a master’s degree in aviation science from Embry-Riddle Aero- nautical University and another master’s in national security strategy from National War College.


Brig. Gen. (Select) Nina Armagno Commander, 30th Space Wing and Western Range, Air Force Space Command


rig. Gen. (Select) Nina Armagno graduated from the Air Force Academy, Colorado with a bachelor of science in biology. Armago is commander of the 30th Space Wing and Western Range, Air Force Space Command on the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. It is here where the wing’s forces conduct spacelift and range opera- tions, support operations and


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developmental missile system testing for the Department of Defense. Her experience in space systems operations led her to be the operations officer at the 1st Space Launch Squadron in Cape Canaveral, Florida.


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