Maritza Sáenz Ryan Military person
Colonel Maritza Sáenz Ryan (born c. 1960), is a United States Army officer, and the head of the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy. She is the first woman and first Hispanic (Puerto Rican and Spanish heritage) West Point graduate to serve as an academic department head.As the most senior ranking Hispanic Judge Advocate, Sáenz Ryan has raised awareness of the inequity and impracticality of the Combat Exclusion Policy, which restricts women’s roles and opportunities in the military regardless of talent or ability.
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| allegiance | United States of America |
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| military command | Head of the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy West Point |
| service start | 1982 |