2 Women Are First Ever Sisters To Become Army Generals

(CNN) — The US Army has plenty of famous examples of generals who were brothers. But sisters? Now that’s another story.
Maj. Gen. Maria Barrett and younger sister Brig. Gen. Paula Lodi became what the Army believes to be the first pair of sister generals.
Because women sometimes change their last names after marriage, the Army would have had to look at every single woman general, as well as their siblings, to compare names and determine if they were sisters.
An Army spokesperson told