David a. robinson
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Robinson, Lori J.
General Lori J. Robinson has the unique distinction of not only being the first female service member to lead a Unified Combatant Command, but she is also the highest ranking woman and Air Battle Manager in the history of the United States military. General Robinson is a true inspiration to men and women in and out of the military. Not just because she is a four star general who has broken military barriers, but because she is a leader. A leader who takes care of her people. A leader who gets out of her comfort zone. A leader who understands every person has something to contribute. A leader who knows it’s not about her, it’s about the institution. General Lori J. Robinson is a leader who you want on the radio when you go to war.
General Robinson was born on January 27, 1959 in Big Springs, Texas, and is the oldest of five children. With a father that spent 30 years in the service of his country in the United States Air Force, the general was no stranger to the sacrifices made by military members and their families. General Robinson attended the University of N
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Lori Robinson became the first female to lead a unified combatant command when she was assigned Commander of United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command (USNORTHCOM) in 2016. This also made her thehighest-ranking woman in U.S. military history.
USNORTHCOM partners to connect homeland defense, civil support and security cooperation to defend and secure the United States and its interests. NORAD conducts aerospace warning, aerospace control and maritime warning in the defense of North America.
General Robinson entered the Air Force in 1982 through the ROTC program at the University of New Hampshire. Since then, she’s held a plethora of significant roles in the United States military, including Commander of the Pacific Air Forces and Air Component Commander for U.S. Pacific Command, Joint Base Pearl Harbor.
General Robinson had commanded an operations group, a training wing, an air control wing and deployed as Vice Commander of the 405th Air Expeditionary Wing, leading more than 2,000 Airmen flying the B-1 Lancer, KC-135 Stratotanker and E-3 Sentry
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Lori Robinson
United States Air Force general
Lori Jean Robinson (born c. 1959) is a retired United States Air Forcegeneral who served as commander of the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) from May 2016 to May 2018. She was the first female officer in the history of the United States Armed Forces to command a major Unified Combatant Command.[2]
Robinson previously served as commander of Pacific Air Forces; air component commander for United States Pacific Command; and executive director, Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff, Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii. The Pacific Air Forces command has responsibility for Air Force activities spread over half the globe and supports 45,000 airmen serving principally in Japan, South Korea, Hawaii, Alaska, and Guam.
On March 18, 2016, United States Secretary of DefenseAsh Carter announced that Robinson would be named by President Barack Obama to replace Admiral William E. Gortney as commander of USNORTHCOM and NORAD, subject to approval by th
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