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Brigadier General Allyson R. Solomon

Brigadier General Allyson R. Solomon is a distinguished and highly decorated member of the Maryland Air National Guard.  Her achievements include:

 

          - In 1979 enlisted in the Maryland Air National Guard (MDANG).  Later selected to attend the Air National Guard

            (ANG) Academy of Military Science.

 

          - November 1986 commissioned as a second lieutenant.

 

          - First woman and first African-American to be appointed as a senior commander in the MDANG.

 

          - January 2003 first woman to be promoted to Colonel in MDANG history.

 

          - March 2003 promoted to Commander of the 175 Mission Support Group.

 

          - 2006 selected to serve as Chief of the General Officer Management Office at the National Guard Bureau (NGB)

            Washington DC.

 

          - June 2008 appointed by the Governor of Maryland as the Assistant Adjutant General for Air.

 

          - An active member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated.

 

          - Inducted in to Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, 2009 


PICTURED: Brigadier General Allyson R. Solomon.


SUBMITTED: March 23, 2010. Picture taken March 18, 2010.


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 Pictures taken and submitted by Percy White unless otherwise indicated.

 

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