BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN " BRIGADIER GENERAL BELINDA PINCKNEY " A MILITARY OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

     BLACK            SOCIAL       HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Brigadier General Belinda Pinckney, a native of Dublin,
Georgia, entered the Army in September 1976 as a Finance
Specialist. Upon completion of basic and advanced
individual training, she was assigned to the 105th Finance
Section, Augsburg, Germany. While holding various
finance positions within the office, she was selected for Officer Candidate School
in 1978 and was commissioned a Finance Officer in February 1979.
Brigadier General Pinckney earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration at the University of Maryland; a Master of Public Administration
degree in Financial Management at Golden Gate University; and a Master of
Science degree in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the
Armed Forces.
Brigadier General Pinckney assumed command of the Family and Morale,
Welfare and Recreation Command on 11 May 2006. Her prior command and
staff positions include: Brigade Commander, 266th Finance Command and US
Army Europe Staff Finance and Accounting Officer, Heidelberg, Germany;
Battalion Commander, Training Support Battalion, Soldier Support Institute, Fort
Jackson, South Carolina; Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the
Army (Financial Management and Comptroller); Budget Analyst, Technology
Management Office, Office of the Chief of Staff, Army; Congressional
Appropriations Liaison Officer, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller); and Principal Deputy Director/Army Element Commander,
Defense Finance and Accounting Service.
Her military awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, two Legion of
Merit medals, six Meritorious Service Medals, four Army Commendation Medals,
two Army Achievement Medals, the Office of the Secretary of Defense Staff
Badge, and the Army General Staff Identification Badge. Brigadier General
Pinckney was inducted into the Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame in 2001.
BG Pinckney’s better half for the past 27 years is Lieutenant Colonel (US Army
Retired) Quinnsander M. Pinckney. They have one son, Andre’ M. Pinckney,
who attends Strayer University.