Carol M. Pottenger Military person
Vice Admiral Carol M. Pottenger (born 1955) is a woman of many firsts in the U.S. Navy. She was the first female full-time support officer to be selected for Admiral; the first female Admiral to command a major combat organization, Amphibious Force 7th Fleet/Expeditionary Strike Group Seven, encompassing the amphibious forces assigned to the western Pacific; and the first female Admiral to lead a combatant force "type command", Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, charged with the manning, training and equipping of over 40,000 expeditionary Sailors in preparation for combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as global security assistance operations. She is currently the deputy chief of staff for capability and development at Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Norfolk, Virginia, the first female officer to hold this position.
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| allegiance | United States of America |
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| military command | Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Amphibious Force U.S. Seventh Fleet/Expeditionary Strike Group Seven Military Sealift Fleet Support Command USS Bridge (AOE 10) USS Shasta (AE 33) |
| service start | 1977 |
| service end | 2013 |