signed book IRAQ WOMAN AIR FORCE OFFICER kim olson back

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signed book IRAQ WOMAN AIR FORCE OFFICER kim olson back
signed book IRAQ WOMAN AIR FORCE OFFICER kim olson back
IRAQ AND BACK:
INSIDE THE WAR TO WIN THE PEACE
By Colonel Kim Olson USAF (Ret.) - SIGNED BY AUTHOR
Printed in 2006
211 pages  - Hardcover (9 inches - 23 cm tall)
Photos - Index
CONDITION: Very good. B
inding solid, pages clean, etc.
Dust jacket in new plastic protector.
Kimberly D. Olson (born 1957)is an American non-profit executive, politician, and retired military officer from the state of Texas. She served in the United States Air Force for 25 years, reaching the rank of colonel.
Olson joined the United States Air Force in 1979. She was the first woman to go through flight training at Laughlin Air Force Base and became one of the first female pilots in the Air Force. She served as a squadron commander of the 96th Air Refueling Squadron out of Fairchild Air Force Base, becoming one of only eight female squadron commanders Olson reached the rank of colonel in 2000, and was assigned to the comptroller's office in The Pentagon in early 2003.
In 2003, General Jay Garner, the director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, selected Olson to be his executive officer in helping to rebuild Iraq after Operation Iraqi Freedom. Three months into the role, Garner was replaced by Paul Bremer, and the Department of Defense charged Olson with providing improper assistance to a private security firm from South Africa. Though she denies the allegations, Olson accepted a non-judicial punishment rather than face a potential court martial by pleading guilty to administrative violations and accepting a written reprimand. She was allowed to retire with an honorable discharge without a reduction in rank, which she received in May 2005.
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