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Gina M. Grosso | |
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 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Human Resources / Operations, Security and Preparedness | |
| In office June 23, 2021 – January 01, 2024 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Secretary | Denis McDonough |
| Preceded by | Jeffrey R. Mayo (acting) |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1986–2018 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
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Gina Marie Grosso[1] is an American defense official and retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who is the Assistant Secretary of Veteran Affairs for Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security and Preparedness since June 23, 2021.[2] In the Air Force, Grosso last served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services (A1), Headquarters U.S. Air Force from October 2015 to October 2018.[3]
General Grosso entered the Air Force in 1986 as a Reserve Officer Training Corps distinguished graduate from Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She held several command and staff positions throughout her career. As a staff officer, she served as an operations analyst, personnel programs analyst, Air Staff and Office of the Secretary of Defense action officer, Major Command Director of Manpower and Personnel, Director of the Air Force Colonel Management Office, Director, Manpower, Organization and Resources, and Director of Force Management Policy. Her command tours include a Headquarters Squadron Section, Military Personnel Flight, Mission Support Squadron, command of the Air Force's sole Basic Military Training Group, and as Joint Base and 87th Air Base Wing commander at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ. Prior to her current assignment, she was the Director of the Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR), Office of the Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.[3]
Gen. Grosso is the first female personnel chief in Air Force history.[4] She is married to Col. (USAF, Ret) Brian O'Connor, a former C-17 Globemaster III pilot.[4]
- ^ Thistle. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Mellon University. 1986. p. 251.
- ^ "Gina Grosso - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs".
- ^ a b "LIEUTENANT GENERAL GINA M. GROSSO". United States Air Force. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b Losey, Stephen (November 16, 2015). "Grosso pins on 3rd star to become first female USAF personnel chief". Air Force Times. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
