British Army — Women in defence

Based in Paris, FRANCE, WOMBAT is a blog by CHRISTINA MACKENZIE. Her posts PORTRAY WOMEN THE WORLD OVER WHO'VE CHOSEN TO SERVE THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES IN THE DEFENCE SECTOR.

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Apr 9

Apr 9 Major Samantha Harvey

It’s not because you fail at something once that you shouldn’t persist… and then turn out to be very good at the something in question. In Sam’s case (she prefers Sam to Samantha) it is the British Army where she will take up her rank of Lieutenant Colonel on 31 August. Currently the chief of staff of the Air Safety branch atJoint Helicopter Command, she was rejected the first time she tried to join the Army 17 years ago…

Feb 6

Feb 6 Major General Sharon Nesmith

Christina Mackenzie

Army

Sharon Nesmith is the only female Major General in the British army and the second woman to hold that rank.* She is also the first woman to command an Operational Brigade and to be on the Army's Executive Board. Her success may not have been something that she imagined for herself at the start of her career in 1992 …