Gen. Van Ovost participates in the Beyond Firsts panel at Military Women’s Memorial, Arlington, VA

In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Defense Department, in collaboration with the Military Women’s Memorial, hosted a historic Women, Peace, & Security discussion. This event featured, for the first time, all the DOD’s current 4-star female officers. Their unique perspectives and experiences as servicewomen gave insight to the importance of recognizing, recruiting, and retaining the best talent, and the positive impacts of a diverse, inclusive warfighting force. U.S. Transportation Command is a unified, functional combatant command which provides support to the ten other U.S. combatant commands, the military services, defense agencies and other government organizations. USTRANSCOM conducts globally integrated mobility operations, leads the broader Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise, and provides enabling capabilities in order to project and sustain the Joint Force in support of national objectives. We conduct globally integrated mobility operations, lead the broader Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise, and provide enabling capabilities in order to project and sustain the Joint Force in support of national objectives. For more information about U.S. Transportation Command, it’s mission and it’s people, please visit us at: