Susan Y. Desjardins

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name= Brig. Gen Susan Y. DesjardinsUnited States Air Force
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allegiance=flag|United States of America
branch= air force|United States
serviceyears=1980-
rank=Brigadier General
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unit=United States Air Force Academy
battles=Gulf War Global War on Terror
awards= Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit(2) Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal(4) Aerial Achievement Medal Joint Commendation Medal Air Force Commendation Medal (2) Air Force Achievement Medal Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
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Brigadier General Susan Y. Desjardins is the Commandant of Cadets and Commander, 34th Training Wing, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. She is the first woman to hold that position. As of October 15, 2008, BG Desjardins will step down as Commandant of Cadets in a change of command ceremony, passing responsibility to BG Samuel Cox.

Desjardins graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980. She holds a Master's Degree in industrial psychology from Louisiana Tech University, and a Master's Degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval Command and Staff College. She graduated from the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, in 1997 and from the General Manager Program at the Harvard Business School, Harvard University in 2004.

Desjardins has held a variety of staff positions at the major command, Joint Staff and Headquarters U.S. Air Force levels, including deputy military assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force. Her previous command positions have included the 912th Air Refueling Squadron, Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota; the 60th Operations Group, Travis Air Force Base, California, and the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. Desjardins is a command pilot with more than 3,800 flying hours in the KC-10, C-17, C-5 Galaxy, KC-135R, KC-135A and T-37.

Desjardins' awards and decorations include: the Defense Superior Service Medal; the Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster; the Defense Meritorious Service Medal; the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters; the Aerial Achievement Medal; the Joint Commendation Medal; the Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster; the Air Force Achievement Medal; the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

External links

* [http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=8061 Official Air Force Bio]