Brig. Gen. Diane Dunn has been promoted to major general becoming the first woman to hold that rank in the Maine National Guard.
Dunn is the adjutant general for the Maine Army National Guard and Maine Air National Guard, as well as the commissioner for the Maine Department of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management.
She was promoted in a ceremony on Tuesday in Augusta.
Dunn started her military career in 1988 as a 2nd lieutenant serving as a freight movement officer with the 3620th transportation detachment in Augusta and has held many positions since, including company commander for Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of the 286th Supply Services Battalion; battalion commander of the 240th Regional Training Institute, battalion commander of the 286th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion in Bangor and during a deployment to Afghanistan, brigade commander of the 120th Regional Support Group, and Maine Army National Guard chief of staff.
In 2020, she became the first female brigadier general in Maine, and in 2024 she became the 41st adjutant general for the Maine National Guard and first woman to hold the position.
