In formation

When Cheryl Dietrich joined the U.S. Air Force, she began a transformation from overweight introvert and military neophyte into one of the key personnel redesigning the structure of the Air Force within the Pentagon. She is one of only one hundred female officers holding the rank of colonel or higher. Her memoir paints a picture of what it's like to be a squadron commander, to lead a NATO division and conduct mobility and wartime exercises in a gas mask and chemical gear, as well as to deploy with NATO to war-torn Croatia.