LTG Richardson Takes Command of FORSCOM
Thursday, October 18, 2018
The Army’s largest command has a new leader, and for the first time in history it is a woman.
Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson, an aviator once featured on the cover of Time magazine in a story about mothers going to war, became U.S. Army Forces Command acting commanding general on Oct. 16. She had been deputy commanding general but was tapped to fill the top job when Gen. Robert B. Abrams relinquished command to take a new post heading U.S. Forces Korea in early November.
A Colorado native, Richardson has been a pilot since the age of 16. Her first assignment after flight school was with the 17th Aviation Brigade in Korea.
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