The Pennsylvania Army National Guard has announced the
selection of the first female to command an Aviation Brigade.
This stands as a first not only in the Army National Guard, but
in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Reserve as well.
Colonel Jessica L. Wright, who enlisted in the Pennsylvania
Army National Guard in 1975 after graduating from Alderson
Broaddus College, will command the 28th Division Aviation
Brigade, headquartered at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.
Presently an Army War College Military Fellow at the Center
for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.,
Colonel Wright attended the Rotary Wing Aviator Course at Ft.
Rucker, Ala., in 1978, and became the first female aviator in the
Army National Guard. Her aviation unit assignments have included
duty piloting the UH-1 Huey, CH-47 Chinook and the CH-54
Skycrane. Since 1986 when she joined the National Guard Bureau's
full-time force, she has served as an ROTC instructor and most
recently as Chief, Personnel Service Division, Army National
Guard Personnel Directorate.
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