air education and training command

Air Education and Training CommandAir Education and Training Command

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e

Major General Jeanne M. Major General Jeanne M.

HolmHolm

Cadet First Lieutenant, Annalese Zusack October 31, 2011

Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow


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• Early life and military career

• The Army and WWII

• The Berlin Crisis and the AIR FORCE!!!!

• Great Strides for women

• Distinguished associations and achievements

• Leadership Tactics and Reasons for Success

• Conclusion

• Questions


•Born in 1921, in Portland Oregon and became a silver smith•Enlisted in the Army in 1942 •OCS

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Early Life &Military Career


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The Army and WWII

• Women’s Army Corps Training Center• 106th WAC Hospital Company • Lewis and Clark College


The Berlin Crisis and the AIR FORCE!!

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•Berlin Crisis•1949 transferred to the Air Force•Air Command and Staff School •Chief of manpower in Allied Air Forces Southern Europe, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters, in Naples, Italy•Congressional staff officer for the director of manpower and organization


Great Strides for Women

• Director, Women in the Air Force, Office of the Deputy Chief of

Staff, Personnel

• Policies affecting women were updated, WAF strength more

than doubled, job and assignment opportunities greatly

expanded, and uniforms modernized

• Distinguished Service Medal

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Distinguished Associations and Awards

• She was promoted to the grade of brigadier general July 16, 1971, the first woman to be appointed in this grade in the Air Force.

• She was promoted to the grade of major general effective June 1, 1973, with date of rank July 1, 1970, and is the first woman in the Armed Forces to serve in that grade.

• Air Force Historical Foundation, Girl Scouts, Arnold Air Society, etc.

• Retired June 1, 1975

• Died Feb. 15, 2010

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Leadership Tactics and Reasons for Success

• Attitude• Excellence and thoroughness• Confidence• Innovation• Adaptive

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Conclusion

• Early life and military career

• The Army and WWII

• The Berlin Crisis and the AIR FORCE!!!!

• Great Strides for women

• Distinguished associations and achievements

• Leadership Tactics and Reasons for Success

• Questions?

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Questions?


Sources

• http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5838

• http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.04293/

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