Lieutenant General Kathleen M. Gainey is a retired United States Army general who served as Deputy Commander, United States Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. She retired in 2013.Defense News
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Education

* 1978 Bachelor of Science Degree in Special Education, Old Dominion University, VA * 1987 Master of Business Administration in Contract Management and Procurement,

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, MA. * 1989 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS. * 1997 Graduate, Army War College,

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, PA.

Military career

Gainey received her commission as a second lieutenant through

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in 1978. Her commands include: * 5th Heavy Boat Company,

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, Hawaii * 6th Transportation Battalion, Fort Eustis, Virginia *

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* Defense Distribution Center, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania *Commanding General, Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois Gainey's other assignments include *Chief, Container Freight Branch, Military Ocean Terminal Bay Area, MTMC Western Area, Oakland, California *Program Analyst, US Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command, Rock Island, Illinois *Executive Officer, 2d Area Support Group, 22d Support Command *S-2/S3, 702d Transportation Battalion, Saudi Arabia *Division Transportation Officer, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia *Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Army, Washington, D.C. *Chief Joint Operations Division, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois *Director, Force Projection and Distribution, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, Washington, D.C. *Deputy Chief of Staff, Resources and Sustainment, Multi-National Force-Iraq,

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. * Director of Logistics, Joint Staff J4

References

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