Norway's got its first female general!

[darkjedi]

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Norway appoints first female general

On Sept. 18 the Norwegian army appointed the country’s first female general.

The army said Friday that Kristin Lund (51) will be promoted from brigadier. When she was promoted to brigadier in 2007, she was also the first female brigadier in the army.

General Lund said she was honored to be appointed. She also said she hopes the promotion will encourage women to join the army.

Lund started her military career in 1979, two years after the first officer candidate school opened up for women. She has a long military career in both Norway and abroad. Lund most recently served as deputy commander of the Østerdal Garrison in Rena. She has also served in Lebanon, the Gulf, the Balkans and Afghanistan.

Defense Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen congratulated Lund on the appointment. “I am very happy that the military has its first female Inspector General. Kristin Lund is an accomplished officer with a very broad national and international basis. The Army has recently undergone heavy modernization. I am convinced that Major General Lund will continue this important work,” said Strøm-Erichsen.

[flamedance58]

Still fapping?

[darkjedi]

Lol yeah

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[AceHigh]

She has only 3 stars!

She is not a General, but a General-Lieutenant.

There are only 2 people with a rank of General in Norway, one is the King, the other one is.... well currently a guy.

[darkjedi]

Lol that means only 2 people out-rank her! Even more awesome!

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[AceHigh]

Anyway, why does anyone care? It's nothing new.

Out of 7 major parties in Norway, 3 of them have a female leader. Equal rights in Norway and all that.....

[darkjedi]

Oh, but I think there's a difference between being a civilian leader and a military leader. Services and all that.

The mere fact that she served the Norwegian military 'till retirement age and achieved a lieutenant general rank is simply astounding lol we don't have many women like her.

[furuoshiki]

Still fapping?

You know it would be nice for once if women that entered the armed forces of any given country fit the following criteria:

1) Moderately attractive
2) Not gay/butch

[BuriaL]

Still fapping?

You know it would be nice for once if women that entered the armed forces of any given country fit the following criteria:

1) Moderately attractive
2) Not gay/butch

Didnt youre mother tell you "men and ugly women is for war. Pretty women are for making babies.."

[darkjedi]

She's just fat lol

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[fohfoh]

I'm all for equal rights, but that also means you need equal performance.

She better kill a few fuckers.

[Sosseres]

I'm all for equal rights, but that also means you need equal performance.

She better kill a few fuckers.

At that rank? Probably killed a few to get the rank, once there I suspect there won't be much more personal killing...

[Proin Drakenzol]

She has only 3 stars!

She is not a General, but a General-Lieutenant.

There are only 2 people with a rank of General in Norway, one is the King, the other one is.... well currently a guy.

You guys quibble that much? Here (in the US) 1-star is Flag Rank and even a 1-Star General (a Brigadier General) or Admiral (a Rear Admiral(Lower Half)) are still called Generals or Admirals.

[AceHigh]

When talking about things like promotion, yes.

Because the thread makes an impression that she got the highest rank, which is not the case.

[vuzedome]

Aw gosh!!
And I never made it out of private before giving up and continue studying instead.

[darkjedi]

She's got the 3rd highest rank in the whole Norwegian army, and she's a WOMAN!

FAPFAP

[AceHigh]

She's got the 3rd highest rank in the whole Norwegian army, and she's a WOMAN!

FAPFAP

I know that for you asians it's a big thing that woman is in any kind of leadership position, but it's really an everyday thing here. Really.

[darkjedi]

Lol, you know, nowadays women has better chance at getting employed than men. At least in Korea. We've seen a lot of exodus of young women from rural to urban areas receiving good quality education in cities occupying luxurious white collar positions while men are bogged down by what they call the 'greater possibility', e.g. military service.

For example, the CEO of Samsung Electronics, the biggest electronics company in the world, is a woman.

I got it wrong. @_@ It's actually the chairwoman of Hyundai Group who's woman. lawl

I dunno who's in higher position, if it's the CEO or the chairwoman. But I don't care, both of them look too lucrative to be entrusted to a woman if Korea was too male-dominant.


And Korea doesn't have many servicewomen. At least, not someone who's as high as a general. But I don't think it's necessarily because of Korea's preference to men; the women just lack the perseverance and the humility to take up such a down-to-earth occupation.

[lx4]

Col. Nathan R. Jessep in A Few Good Men

"There is nothing on this earth sexier, believe me, gentlemen, than a woman you have to salute in the morning. Promote em all, I say, because this is true - if you havent gotten a blow-job from a superior officer, well, youre just letting the best in life pass you by. Course, my problem is, Im a colonel, so I guess Ill just have to keep taking cold showers until one of you gals is elected president."

[vuzedome]

Its a morale boost!!