SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Army National Guard has promoted Col. Charlene Dalto to the position of brigadier general. Dalto becomes the first woman in the history of the Utah Army National Guard to reach the rank of a brigadier general.
At the change-of-command ceremony Saturday at Camp Williams, Dalto assumed the role of commander of the Utah Army National Guard Land Component Command from Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Fisher.
Dalto is a registered nurse for Intermountain Healthcare. According to a statement, she has commanded the Utah Army National Guard s Medical Detachment since February 2018.
She has served in the military for more than 38 years, first, as an enlisted soldier who rose to the rank of master sergeant. She then served for 18 years as an officer in the U.S. Army Nurse Corp.
Historic promotion: Utah National Guard will appoint first female brigadier general
Col. Charlene Dalto is expecting a big promotion on Saturday.
She ll become the first woman ever to rise to the rank of brigadier general in the Utah Army National Guard, and become commander of the Land Component Command.
Dalto has served in the military for more than 38 years. She s a registered nurse with Intermountain Healthcare who lives in Farmington.
After 20 years in the Army, Dalto was promoted to the rank of master sergeant before she was commissioned to the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, where she was an officer for 18 years. She deployed overseas to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm in 1990.
Utah National Guard promotes first female brigadier general
UTAH NATIONAL GUARD
and last updated 2021-05-01 12:03:31-04
CAMP WILLIAMS, Utah â In a ceremony Saturday, Col. Charlene Dalto made history by being promoted to Brigadier General and assuming the role of commander of the Utah Army National Guard Land Component Command.
Dalto is the first female to be promoted to brigadier general in the Utah army National Guard.
In the Ceremony saturday, Utah Governor Spencer Cox offered his congratulations to Dalto. Of course we do not promote officers based on their performance alone and Colonel Dalto has undoubtedly had an outstanding career, Cox said in a speech at the ceremony. She is being promoted today due to her demonstrated potential to continue the Utah Army National Guards tradition of excellence.