{"id":4835,"date":"2023-09-25T08:23:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.alumni.ncsu.edu\/?p=4010"},"modified":"2024-02-01T16:18:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:18:33","slug":"logistically-speaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.ncsu.edu\/2023\/logistically-speaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Logistically Speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

By Ed Williams<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Maj. Gen. Michelle Rose \u201990 is where she needs to be when she needs to be there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As \u201ca career logistician\u201d and the first woman in the Virginia National Guard to achieve the rank of two-star general, Rose is assistant deputy commanding general for National Guard Affairs, currently assigned to the U.S. Materiel Command in Huntsville, Ala. The command provides combat systems, repairs, medicine, fuel, food, water and shelter to military and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Military logistics, she says, is \u201cmore than bullets and bombs.\u201d It\u2019s critical to battlefield success\u2009\u2014\u2009as stalled Russian forces in the Ukraine invasion have shown. Synchronizing resources across other government agencies and departments lets Rose lean into her engineering skills. She\u2019s provided support for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Operation Restore Hope (Somalia) and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). The command now supports Ukraine defense efforts and NATO partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In western Afghanistan, she\u2019s led her troops across expanses, searching deserts for days to supply ever-moving coalition forces. She recalls meeting with Afghan elders to help village women who lost male breadwinners in the war: \u201cWe all came up with the idea to provide sewing machines and materials so they could make a living creating clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military logistics\u2009. . .\u2009is \u201cmore than bullets and bombs.\u201d
\u2013 Michelle Rose \u201990<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As director of logistics and engineering at North American Aerospace Defense Command\u2009\u2014\u2009U.S. Northern Command (NORAD) in Colorado from 2019\u201322, Rose helped with the annual Christmas Eve Santa tracking operation. Her favorite questions from children: \u201cHow fast do reindeer fly?\u201d and \u201cHow many bells do they wear?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose studied industrial engineering at NC State on a ROTC scholarship, never envisioning the arc of her career. \u201cI never had that general officer goal. To be honest, I never thought I\u2019d be in long enough to retire,\u201d says Rose, now living in Suffolk, Va.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her many decorations and awards include the Bronze Star. Her proudest achievement? \u201cI came home [from Afghanistan] with all my soldiers.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n\n\n\n\n

By Ed Williams<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Maj. Gen. Michelle Rose \u201990 is where she needs to be when she needs to be there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As \u201ca career logistician\u201d and the first woman in the Virginia National Guard to achieve the rank of two-star general, Rose is assistant deputy commanding general for National Guard Affairs, currently assigned to the U.S. Materiel Command in Huntsville, Ala. The command provides combat systems, repairs, medicine, fuel, food, water and shelter to military and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Military logistics, she says, is \u201cmore than bullets and bombs.\u201d It\u2019s critical to battlefield success\u2009\u2014\u2009as stalled Russian forces in the Ukraine invasion have shown. Synchronizing resources across other government agencies and departments lets Rose lean into her engineering skills. She\u2019s provided support for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Operation Restore Hope (Somalia) and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). The command now supports Ukraine defense efforts and NATO partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In western Afghanistan, she\u2019s led her troops across expanses, searching deserts for days to supply ever-moving coalition forces. She recalls meeting with Afghan elders to help village women who lost male breadwinners in the war: \u201cWe all came up with the idea to provide sewing machines and materials so they could make a living creating clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military logistics\u2009. . .\u2009is \u201cmore than bullets and bombs.\u201d
\u2013 Michelle Rose \u201990<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As director of logistics and engineering at North American Aerospace Defense Command\u2009\u2014\u2009U.S. Northern Command (NORAD) in Colorado from 2019\u201322, Rose helped with the annual Christmas Eve Santa tracking operation. Her favorite questions from children: \u201cHow fast do reindeer fly?\u201d and \u201cHow many bells do they wear?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose studied industrial engineering at NC State on a ROTC scholarship, never envisioning the arc of her career. \u201cI never had that general officer goal. To be honest, I never thought I\u2019d be in long enough to retire,\u201d says Rose, now living in Suffolk, Va.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her many decorations and awards include the Bronze Star. Her proudest achievement? \u201cI came home [from Afghanistan] with all my soldiers.\u201d <\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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