'Military family' takes on new meaning for a set of sisters who made history as the first to both attain the general's rank in U.S. Army.
"Military family" takes on new meaning for a set of sisters who made history as the first to both attain the general's rank in U.S. Army.
Parents and their children, relatives, spouses and even identical siblings have previously risen through various ranks of the U.S. Army together, according to the military service; but this is the first time in 244 years that a pair of sisters -- Major General Maria Lodi Barrett and her younger sister Brigadier General Paula Lodi -- is pulling rank in tandem.
On July 12, history was made as Lodi was promoted to the one-star rank of brigadier general, joining her sister, who is a two-star general. To celebrate the historic moment of sisters serving together as general officers, Barrett presented Lodi with her one-star rank insignia as a tribute to the history of women serving in the Army.
The #USArmy is proud of our #Soldiers. Today, women serve in every career field in the Army and are critical members of the #ArmyTeam.Although women were not officially accepted into its ranks until the 1901 when the Army Nursing Corps was established, some women served unofficially since the Revolutionary War, according to the U.S. Army Women's Museum.
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