by Arrman Kyaw

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Twanda “Tia” E. Young – the first female officer commissioned through S.C. State’s ROTC program promoted to general – has retired from the Army Reserve after 33 years, The Times and Democrat reported.

She was the deputy commanding general with Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Young holds a bachelor’s degree from Claflin University and is a distinguished military graduate of South Carolina State University’s ROTC program.