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Years of service
  
1978–2013


Name
  
Kathleen Gainey

Rank
  
Lieutenant general

Kathleen M. Gainey

Commands held
  
Director for Logistics, J4, the Joint Staff 5th Heavy Boat Company 6th Transportation Battalion 7th Corps Support Group Defense Distribution Center Commanding General, Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

Awards
  
Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal (2) Legion of Merit (2) Bronze Star Medal (2) Meritorious Service Medal (6) Joint Service Commendation Medal Army Commendation Medal (4)

Education
  
Old Dominion University

Allegiance
  
United States of America

Service/branch
  
United States Army

General Gainey talks about the Marshall Center


Lieutenant General Kathleen M. Gainey is a retired US Army general who served as Deputy Commander, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. She retired in 2013.

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Education

  • 1978 Bachelor of Science Degree in Special Education, Old Dominion University, VA
  • 1987 MBA in Contract Management and Procurement, Babson College, MA.
  • 1989 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS.
  • 1997 Graduate, Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA.

    • Military career

    Gainey received her commission as a second lieutenant through ROTC in 1978. Her previous commands include:

  • 5th Heavy Boat Company, Ford Island, Hawaii
  • 6th Transportation Battalion, Fort Eustis, Virginia
  • 7th Corps Support Group, Warner Barracks in Bamberg, Germany
  • Defense Distribution Center, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
  • Commanding General, Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

    • Gainey's other assignments include

  • Chief, Container Freight Branch, Military Ocean Terminal Bay Area, MTMC Western Area, Oakland, California
  • Program Analyst, US Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command, Rock Island, Illinois
  • Executive Officer, 2d Area Support Group, 22d Support Command
  • S-2/S3, 702d Transportation Battalion, Saudi Arabia
  • Division Transportation Officer, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia
  • Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Army, Washington, D.C.
  • Chief Joint Operations Division, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
  • Director, Force Projection and Distribution, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, Washington, D.C.
  • Deputy Chief of Staff, Resources and Sustainment, Multi-National Force-Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom.

    • References

    Kathleen M. Gainey Wikipedia
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