[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 11, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E21-E22]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CELEBRATING COLONEL ANTOINETTE GANT'S PROMOTION TO BRIGADIER GENERAL IN 
                         THE UNITED STATES ARMY

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                          HON. DORIS O. MATSUI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 11, 2023

  Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Antoinette R. 
Gant on her promotion to the rank of brigadier general in the United 
States Army. Brig. Gen. Gant is the first African American female, 
active-duty engineer to be promoted to the rank of general officer. She 
was officially promoted to the rank

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in a traditional military ceremony at her alma mater, Prairie View A&M 
University in Prairie View, Texas on October 28, 2022. Vice Chief of 
Staff of the Anny, Gen. Randy George, conducted the promotion ceremony.
  Gant assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) 
South Pacific Division in July 2021. Established in 1888 and 
headquartered in San Francisco, the South Pacific Division is one of 9 
USACE regional commands. The region encompasses all or part of 10 
states with 4 operating districts headquartered in Albuquerque, Los 
Angeles, Sacramento, and San Francisco.
  Gant is responsible for leading a workforce of more than 2,800 
military and civilians, overseeing hundreds of water-resource 
development, military, interagency design, and construction projects 
valued at more than $16 billion in support of our communities, our 
Nation, and our warfighters.
  A native of Port Gibson, Mississippi, Gant graduated from Prairie 
View A&M University in Texas as a Distinguished Military Graduate with 
a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering and a commission in the 
Engineer Regiment. She holds a Master of Science in engineer management 
from Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, 
and a Master of Science in national resource strategy from the Dwight 
D. Eisenhower School, National Defense University, Washington, D.C. She 
is also a certified Project Management Professional.
  Gant has served in a variety of command and staff positions for 
engineering units stateside and abroad. Prior to South Pacific 
Division, Gant was commander of the USACE South Pacific Border District 
from July 2020 to June 2021. Gant previously served as the combined 
joint engineer for the Resolute Support and OFS headquarters, Kabul, 
Afghanistan, military assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Army-
Civil Works, Washington, D.C., chief of operations for the engineer 
directorate, U.S. Army South, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, and 
the director for the Directorates of Public Works and Installation 
Support, ASG-Kuwait.
  She has received several national and community awards, to include 
2021 Black Engineer of the Year Conference Awards, Army Stars and 
Stripes Award recipient, the 2020 Women of Color Career Achievement in 
Government Award, the YWCA Women on the Move Award, Women of Influence 
in Government by Albuquerque Business First, BEYA Special Recognition 
Award, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., South Central Region 
Visionary Leader and Global Leader Awards.
  I commend Brig. Gen. Gant on her historic achievements and thank her 
for her leadership and service to our country.

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