For the first time, an all-female leadership team runs a state National Guard.
There’s something special about the Maryland National Guard among the 54 state guards in the United States: Since last fall, it’s the only state National Guard where women make up the entire leadership team -- including the two-star general who leads the Maryland Guard, a pair of one-star generals in command of ground and air troops, and the senior enlisted non-commissioned officer.
“It was really about timing and it's about having the leaders that have the right skill set,” said Singh, who since 2015 has led the 6,000 guardsmen that make up the Maryland National Guard -- 20 percent of whom are women. Hogan was excited by the possibility and signed off on her recommendations. By October, the new leadership team was in place with Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead leading the Army component of the Guard, Brig. Gen. April Vogel in charge of the Air National Guard component and Command Sgt. Maj. Perlisa Wilson serving as the senior enlisted adviser.
Wilson recalled the valuable lessons she learned from a senior non-commissioned officer who "taught me about how you fit in on a team." Like most guardsmen who have to find the balance between their civilian and military careers, they also had to find the balance in their personal lives with their military careers.
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