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The rank of brigadier general has existed in the U.S. military since the inception of the Continental Army in June 1775. To prevent mistakes in recognizing officers, a general order was issued on July 14, 1775, establishing that brigadier generals would wear a ribbon, worn across the breast, between coat and waistcoat, pink in color. [1]
John S. Tuohy is a retired brigadier general in the United States Air Force, last serving as the Assistant Adjutant General and Commander of the Washington Air National Guard (), in which capacity he commanded 34 units and the 2,100 personnel attached to those units, while managing a budget of $50,000,000.
Remaining in Washington, he was the Chief of Personnel, Plans and Training Office with the Office of the Judge Advocate General. Following attendance at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Holdaway served as Staff Judge Advocate of VII U.S. Corps in Stuttgart, Germany. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1989 as a Brigadier General.
Kristin Elizabeth Goodwin is a retired brigadier general in the United States Air Force (USAF). A transport pilot after graduating the Air Force Academy, she moved on to bombers before assuming commands. She served as the USAF Academy's commandant of cadets, a post from which she was removed due to an Air Force Inspector General investigation.
After the war, Talley led various engineering districts, including the North Atlantic Division, before retiring as a brigadier general in 1956. After retirement, he was involved in civil engineering and oversaw the reconstruction of central Alaska after the Good Friday earthquake .
Jennifer Lee Grant [1] (born c. 1973) is a retired United States Air Force brigadier general who last served as the first director of plans and programs of the United States Space Force from 2020 to 2023. [2] [3] [4] An Air Force Inspector General report on Grant's time leading the 50th Space Wing from June 2017 to June 2019 was released in ...
Following the death of his wife, Jean Cruikshank, in 2003, Kline remained in Phoenix with the help of his family until 2018, when he moved to the retirement home in Scottsdale, Arizona. [1] Brigadier General Roy L. Kline died on May 11, 2020, aged 105, just 4 months from his 106th birthday.
Brian Joseph Mennes (born April 26, 1966) [1] is a retired United States Army major general who was the deputy commanding general of the XVIII Airborne Corps.He previously served as commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum from May 1, 2019, to July 12, 2021, and as director of force management of the United States Army.