Brigadier General Laura Yeager is flying the flag for female achievement as the first woman to command a United States Army Infantry Division since 1917.
Yeager, who is now in her mid-fifties, assumed command of the California National Guard’s 40th Infantry Division during a ceremony held in Los Alamitos, California, on June 29, 2019. Since then, Yeager’s story is inspiring thousands not to be held back by perceived gender roles.
