Major Gen. Laura Yeager is the first woman to lead a U.S. Army division, with command of 10,000 soldiers from the Army National Guard who serve across the West Coast of the United States and as far away as Hawaii and Guam.
Laura Yeager was elevated to major general during a change of command ceremony for the U.S. Army's 40th Infantry Division at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos on Saturday.
“It’s an absolute honor to assume command of this great division,” she said. “It’s had a glorious history of service and recently affirmed its excellence with back-to-back deployments to Afghanistan.” Yeager spoke to hundreds of soldiers standing in formation on the flight line at Los Alamitos Army Airfield. Two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters displayed behind them paid homage to Yeager’s time as an aeromedical evacuation pilot. In 2011, she deployed to Iraq as deputy commander of the California Guard’s 40th Combat Aviation Brigade.
After giving birth to her first son, Yeager temporarily retired from active duty after eight years in the U.S. Army. She later resumed her active military career in the California Army National Guard.
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