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March 14, 2019
Former CG, CSM named to Army Women’s HOF By Margaret Steele Public Affairs Specialist
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She commanded Fort Belvoir for two years in the early 90s, while also serving as Military District of Washington’s deputy commanding
head of International Women’s Day last week, two former Fort Belvoir leaders were part of a group of females “The Army is a team sport. You who received recognition for their don’t go out on your own.” service, as they were inducted into the Army Women Hall of Fame by --Retired Brig. Gen. the Army Women’s Foundation. Clara Adams-Ender, Brig. Gen. Clara Adams-Ender Former Fort Belvoir and Command Sgt. Maj. Billie commanding general Jo Boersma each served Belvoir Garrison during different periods of history. general. “I’m humbled by the fact that the Army Women’s Foundation Brig. Gen. Clara Adamsnoticed that I did my part, even though a small part, as a woman Ender and as a Soldier in the U.S. Army,” Adams-Ender said. Adams-Ender was the first Adams-Ender laughed when Army Nurse in history to command asked why she joined the Army. “I as a general officer when she was hungry,” she explained. “I was assumed command of Fort Belvoir. the daughter of a sharecropper,
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Retired Brig. Gen. Clara Adams-Ender speaks during the Army Women Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. the fourth-oldest of 10 children. My father said he’d pay tuition and room and board. “So, I needed money and did
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what I could to get it … babysitting, cleaning. Then, I walked into the student union building one day, under a banner that read ‘The Army Nurse Corps Needs You.’ Adams-Ender picked up the enlistment forms and, to get through to her father about her joining the Army, presented the forms to her mother, who intervened and convinced Clara’s dad to sign his name, permitting his daughter to join. “I intended to sign up for 3 years … 34 years later,” she said. “I stayed in the Army, because there was no reason to leave,” she said. “I thoroughly enjoyed the military, the responsibility, the teams that made me responsible. I have no regrets at all.” “The Army is a team sport. You don’t go out on your own,” she said, adding that sexual assault and harassment in the military troubles her greatly. “Team members don’t do that to one another. This is a team sport and the women are part of that team
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