Retired Maj. Gen. LaRita Aragon, the first woman to achieve one-star rank and serve as a commander in the Oklahoma Air National Guard was inducted into the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame last week, reports The Norman Transcript. Commented Aragon, “I’m a country girl; I came from Dale, Okla., so this is a big deal.” Aragon received her second star in 2005 and served last as Air Guard assistant to the Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel at the Pentagon, according to her Air Force biography. She is now director of Advanced Programs at University of Oklahoma Outreach.
A provision in the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill will require the Defense Department to include the military occupational specialty of service members who die by suicide in its annual report on suicide deaths, though it remains to be seen how much data the department will actually disclose.