BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE UNITED STATES ARMY BRIGADIER GENERAL GWEN BINGHAM THE 51ST QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

Brigadier GeneralGwen Bingham, USA was the 51st Quartermaster General of the United States Army and the Commandant of the U.S. Army Quartermaster School at Fort Lee, Virginia. She was the first female officer to hold these positions.

Brigadier General Gwen Bingham is a native of Troy, Alabama. She graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science degree in general business management. She was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps as a distinguished military graduate of Army ROTC. Brigadier General Bingham has a Master of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University and a Master of Science in national security strategy and resources from the National Defense University.
Her military schooling includes the Quartermaster Officer Basic and Advanced Courses; the Personnel Management Course; Combined Arms and Services Staff School; Commissary Management Course; Army Command and General Staff College; the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and the Army Inspector General Course.

Brigadier General Bingham has served in a myriad of staff and leadership positions throughout her career to include: Platoon Leader and Executive Officer, HQ&A Company, 9th Supply and Transport Battalion, 9th DISCOM, Fort Lewis, Washington; Battalion S1, 2d Forward Support Battalion, 9th DISCOM, Fort Lewis, Washington; Field Services Officer, 1st COSCOM, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Group S1/Adjutant, 507th Transportation Group, 1st COSCOM, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; OIC, Commissary Central Distribution Center, Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA), Manheim, Germany; Chief, Aviation Supply Branch, 4th Corps Materiel Management Center, Fort Hood, Texas; Battalion S3 and Battalion Executive Officer, 4th Corps Materiel Management Center, Fort Hood, Texas; Chief, Plans Division, ACofS, Materiel, 13th COSCOM, Fort Hood, Texas.
Chief, G3 Plans Division, 13th COSCOM; Deputy Commander, 64th Corps Support Group, 13th COSCOM, Fort Hood, Texas; Executive Officer, ACofS, J1, USFK, Yongsan, Korea; Commander, 266th Quartermaster Battalion, 23d Quartermaster Brigade, Fort Lee, Virginia; Chief, Support Services Office and Deputy Inspector General, Joint Staff, The Pentagon; Commander, United States Army Garrison, Fort Lee, Virginia and Chief of Staff, United States Army Combined Arms Support Command and Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia. Brigadier General Bingham recently returned from a deployment in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom while serving as Special Assistant to the Commanding General, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait; Kabul, Afghanistan and Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Awards and decorations

	Defense Superior Service Medal
	Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
	Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
	Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
	Joint Service Commendation Medal
	Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
	Army Achievement Medal
	National Defense Service Medal
	Afghanistan Campaign Medal
	Iraqi Campaign Medal
	Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
	Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
	Korean Defense Service Medal
	Humanitarian Service Medal
	Army Service Ribbon
	Army Overseas Service Ribbon
	NATO Medal

Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge

Brigadier General Bingham was awarded the Distinguished Order of Saint Martin in 2002.