Saga of Fort Leavenworth Castle
The United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth
Colonel McGuire on a trip to Abu Ghraib prison, Iraq
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It is customary for the general's flag to be posted outside her office, at a podium, or in a parade. When in an official vehicle or in flight, either a small red flag or plate with the appropriate number of stars is fixed to her vehicle. Today, as in yesteryear, the flag is used to designate the general's location
Brigadier General Colleen McGuire is presently the Senior Leader Development Office of the Chief of Staff, Army. Previously she served 18 months assigned to the Multi-National Corps Provost Marshal in Iraq and was the senior advisor to the corps commander in Baghdad, Iraq.
General McGuire is the only female to be promoted to general grade from the military police corps and the first and only female to be commandant of the U. S. Disciplinary Barracks, on Fort Leavenworth. Prior to that she was commandant of the 705th Military Battalion.
She was on the ground in Somalia in 1993 and '94 as a public affairs officer during the United States' turbulent peacekeeping efforts.
She is the first woman from Montana to make general in the U.S. Army, and she is honored, to be in the top 1 percent to 3 percent of the Army.