Jessica Lynn Wright (née Garfola; born November 2, 1952) was the

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of the

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. She retired at the end of March 2015, succeeded by

Brad Carson Brad Rogers Carson (born March 11, 1967) is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma who served as the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness from 2015 to 2016. In that role, he initiated a number of not ...

as Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. Laura Junor is the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. Wright was previously the

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of Pennsylvania for the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. In 2020, Jessica Wright was inducted into the U.S. Army Women's Foundation Hall of Fame.

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