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FROM THE FIELD

US Army Financial Management Command
(USAFMCOM) Corner
USAFMCOM’S Jennings promoted to

Brigadier General

by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner

INDIANAPOLIS – From the nation’s founding to liberty’s battlefields and into the heavens, stars are featured
prominently on both ‘Old Glory’ and on the uniforms of America’s senior military leaders who are pledged to
defend the freedom and democracy of which that flag represents. Earning her first star, Paige M. Jennings,
U.S. Army Financial Management Command commanding general, was promoted to the rank of brigadier
general by Gen. Edward M. Daly, U.S. Army Materiel Command commanding general, during a ceremony at
the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis Feb. 17.

“We all know how rare it is for someone to become a general officer. Nearly 78,000 officers are serving on
active duty and only 117 are brigadier generals and only five are authorized finance GOs,” explained Daly
during the ceremony. “If you know Paige, it’s no surprise that she’s one of those.”

Jennings, a native of Missoula, Montana, began her military career in 1995 after commissioning into the
Finance Corps as a distinguished military graduate of the University of Montana’s Grizzly Battalion Army
Reserve Officer Training Corps program.
“As I stand here today, I cannot put into words the feelings of gratitude, humility, awe and appreciation that I
have felt over the last couple months, and I will tell you there’s been a little apprehension and fear mixed in
there as well,” said Jennings during her promotion ceremony.
“As I look at so many faces that I’ve had the privilege of serving alongside over the last 28 years, I realize that
all of the training, coaching, mentoring and love I received over my career is exactly what I needed -- and, not
just from within the military profession, but from my family and friends,” she continued. “Now all I need to do
is trust everything I have learned…I promise I will do everything in my power and continue to do my best for
our Army and for our Soldiers.”
Daly said he has no doubt in Jennings’ ability to carry out the Finance Corps’ mission of supporting and
serving the Army’s Soldiers, civilians and contractors around the globe.

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