A dentist in MAF...
well done anyway....
The Dental Consultant at the Armed Forces Dentistry Centre
(PGAT) Dr Roshidah Ishak has become the first woman to hold the
rank of Brigadier-General in the Malaysian Armed Forces
(ATM).
Dr Roshidah, from the Army's Royal Medical Corps (RMC), was also
the first woman to hold rank of Colonel in 1988.
She received the Brigadier-General's star from Army Chief, General
Datuk Muhammad Ismail Jamaluddin at a special function for the
donning of the ranks for senior army officers at Wisma Pertahanan,
here Monday.
"I feel proud and touched by the conferment of the rank and I hope
this conferment can encourage other women members (in the ATM) to
be more inspired in carrying out their duties," she said.
Meanwhile, Muhammad Ismail said 62 senior army officers had been
promoted since early this year and today was the fourth ceremony
for the donning of their new ranks.
"Today is a historic day for the army when a woman receives the
rank of Brigadier-General for the first time," he said in his
speech at the ceremony.
He also hoped there would be more women promoted to senior ranks in
the military in future.
Besides Dr Roshidah, another woman officer, Lieutenant-Colonel
Norhuda Ahmad, who is the Director of Research and Publications at
the South-East Asian Regional Centre, the army's Royal Intelligence
Corps (KRD), was also promoted to Acting Colonel.
Thirty senior officers from the various corps in the army donned
their new ranks at the function today.
