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Gen. Laura Richardson returns home U.S. Southern commander urges residents to get involved BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
General Laura Richardson has advice for Northglenn residents. “Volunteer, get out in the community and get to know your community and be a part of your community,” she said. “Be involved. Don’t sit at home and be a recluse, on the Xbox or whatever, be out, be part of making change. Be part of having folks hear your voice. Join Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, all this kind of stuff. Being on a sports team, being in a band, being with other people,” she said. This involvement, she says, will prepare folks for their future. “Then once you graduate from high school, it’s not like `what am I going to do.’ Well shoot, if you got out and you were part of something while in high school you might know of the opportunities,” she said. Gen. Richardson spoke at Metropolitan State University of Denver’s fall commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 17 at the Colorado Convention Center with two ceremonies. Richardson has strong ties to the North Denver Metro Area. A Northglenn native and Northglenn High School alum, she and her high school swim team still hold records. In fact, her mom, a former writer for the Northglenn Thornton Sentinel, would report those records in the weekly newspaper. She graduated from Metropolitan State University in 1986 and then accepted a commission as an Army aviator. She has a masters of science degree from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and was the military aid to
MSU Denver alumni and four-star Army Gen. Laura Richardson speaks with reporters alongside MSU President Janine Davidson. Richardson, who was recently promoted to commander of the U.S. Southern Command and is now the highest-ranking female in LUKE ZARZECKI the Army, was the featured speaker at the school’s fall graduation Dec. 17.
former Vice President Al Gore and as Chief of the Secretary of the Army’s liaison division to the U.S. Senate. Now, she is the highest-ranking female in the Army as the commander of the U.S. Southern Command. She comments on how being a woman strengthens her work. “I think because I’m a woman I think I’m more of a human person,” she said. With much of her work involving countries with very patriarchal regimes, sometimes leaders question her ability to lead based on her sex. “I think it’s just folks aren’t sure, maybe in some cases, what they’re going to get,” she said. She credits her roots for steering her in the right direction. “Coming home, it’s really fun for
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me,” Richardson said. Her secret to her success? “MSU,” she said. National Issues Throughout her service, she saw climate change worsen and become more of a national security threat. She talked about more intense storms and how various national and local agencies work in tandem to respond. “Climate change is definitely there. Make no mistake,” she said. With the recent defense bill that passed Congress, serious crimes such as sexual assault, rape, kidnapping and manslaughter, will be prosecuted by an independent office formed by the Department of Defense. Though, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. pushed for the crimes to be handled outside of the chain of command entirely.
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With the military addressing sexual assault, Gen. Richardson notes the issue exists not just in the branches. “This isn’t just a problem in the military. It’s a problem in our entire society,” she said. “There’s no room for it. There is absolutely no room for this in our military.” She thinks the issue breaks down trust and camaraderie. “When you’re on a range, you don’t shoot your buddy when you’re trying to qualify your weapon,” she said. The bill, however, fell short of requiring women to register for the draft. She said that all combat positions within the department of defense opened up for women to serve, and she said the country might not be ready for that yet. “That’s a decision by our country,” she said.
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