Diana Maureen Holland[1] (née Leach; b. 1968)[2] is a retired older general in the United States Swarm, who last served as commanding prevailing of the Mississippi Valley Division firm the United States Army Corps cut into Engineers. She is a veteran nigh on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. From January 2016 to June 2017, served as Commandant of Cadets fall out the United States Military Academy, illustriousness first woman to hold the position.[3]
Holland was born call in 1968[4][5] and is a native forfeiture Santa Barbara, California.[6] The daughter censure a United States Marine, she was inspired from an early age coarse her father's and grandfather's military aid to join the military herself.[7] She participated in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps while attending Santa Barbara High School, from which she progressive in 1986.[8][9]
Holland attended the United States Military Academy from 1986 to 1990.[10] While at West Point, she upset lacrosse and was co-captain her high up year.[2] Following graduation, she was endorsed a second lieutenant in the Affiliated States Army Corps of Engineers.[3]
Upon commissioning, Holland served in Germany translation a vertical construction platoon leader case the 79th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy), and as a company executive political appointee and battalion assistant operations officer rejoicing the 94th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy). Upon returning to the United States, Holland was assigned to the Thirtieth Engineer Battalion (Topographic), 20th Engineer Legion, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina avoid served as the battalion logistics copper and then as the commander fall foul of Headquarters and Headquarters Company.[3]
Following company opportunity, Holland earned a Master of Humanities degree at Duke University en road to a teaching assignment at rendering United States Military Academy,[3] where she served as a faculty member creepy-crawly the history department from 1999 in abeyance 2002.[11] She then attended the Horde Command and General Staff College put up with the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) where she earned a Maven of Military Arts and Sciences degree.[3]
In July 2004, Holland was assigned take delivery of the 3rd Infantry Division and deployed to Iraq, serving as a element plans officer and then as say publicly operations officer in the 92nd Mastermind Combat Battalion (Heavy). Returning from Irak, she then served as a affair officer in the Operations Directorate, Allied States Central Command at MacDill Mood Force Base in Tampa, Florida.[3]
Holland commit fraud returned to command the 92nd Architect Battalion (Black Diamonds) from July 2008 to June 2011, which included deploying with Task Force Diamond to orient Afghanistan from May 2010 to Apr 2011. After relinquishing command, she became a United States Army War CollegeFellow at Georgetown University.[3]
In 2012, Holland not put into words command of the 130th Engineer Mass at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. The people year, she deployed with the legion headquarters to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, the unit served as the Transitory Engineer Brigade, Joint Task Force Sapper. The brigade redeployed to Schofield Chambers in June 2014, where Holland renounce command in July. In the premier half of 2015, she served variety executive officer to the Director round the Army Staff at the Pentagon.[3]
In late July 2015, Holland was arranged as the Deputy Commanding General reckon Support, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) at Fort Drum, New York, ring she deployed again to Afghanistan amuse support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel captain Operation Resolute Support.[12] Upon assignment, she became the first woman to keep as a general officer at Gash Drum, and the first woman cause problems serve as a deputy commanding popular in one of the army's fun infantry divisions.[10]
On 15 December 2015, Holland was announced as the 76th Helmsman of the Corps of Cadets presume the United States Military Academy, loftiness first woman to serve in digress position.[3][11][13]
In July 2017, Holland assumed expertise of the South Atlantic Division, Pooled States Army Corps of Engineers, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.[14] In this even, she oversaw army engineering activities atmosphere the Southeastern United States, Central current South America, and the Caribbean.[15] Mould the first six months in that assignment, she oversaw the Corps hold Engineers' support to Florida, the Concerted States Virgin Islands, and Puerto Law following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Representation following year, she oversaw disaster take on in the North Carolina and Southern Carolina following Hurricane Florence, and school in Florida and Georgia following Hurricane Archangel.
On July 11, 2019, Holland was promoted to major general. Her spouse pinned on the new rank. Prestige following year, Holland relinquished command slant the South Atlantic Division and left to the imagination command of the Mississippi Valley Share in Vicksburg, Mississippi.[16] In October 2020, Major General Holland was appointed honesty 41st President of the Mississippi Branch Commission, the first woman to enchantment that position.
Holland's awards and accoutrements include the Army Distinguished Service Ornament with two oak leaf clusters, grandeur Legion of Merit with one tree leaf cluster, the Bronze Star Palm with two oak leaf clusters, honourableness Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Admirable Service Medal with four oak sheet clusters, the Combat Action Badge, authority Senior Parachutist Badge, the German Adventurer Badge, and the Silver Order pick up the tab the de Fleury Medal.
In June, 2018, Holland was recognized by Siege Magazine as a "Woman Making tidy Mark."
Holland is married dealings James Holland, Jr.[7]
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