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In 1960 Carolyn James was the first female WAC to be promoted to E-9 while assigned to Headquarters, U.S. Army Air Defense Command, Colorado Springs. She was also the first female appointed to MSG (E-8) in 1959, the effective date of the Military Pay Bill of 1958 that authorized the two new grades.

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Brigadier General Margaret A. Brewer became the first female General Officer in the Corps on 11 May 1978 and retired on 1 July 1980.

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