Director, Joint Staff, Maryland Joint Force Headquarters

Brigadier General Annette M. Deener is Director, Joint Staff, Maryland Joint Force Headquarters. As a senior level assistant to the Adjutant General, she is responsible for developing plans and policies and executing the Adjutant General's command directives pertaining to defense support of civil authorities in Maryland. She oversees the military function of the Maryland Joint Operations Center, the Civil Support Team, the Counter Drug Program and the State Partnership Program.

General Deener was commissioned through the Maryland Army National Guard Officer Candidate School as a second lieutenant in the Medical Service Corps branch and assigned as a platoon leader to B Company, 58th Support Battalion. Prior to receiving her commission, she served as an enlisted member of the 698th Supply Company, United States Army Reserve. General Deener began working full-time for the Maryland Army National Guard in 1984 as the Management Information Systems Officer. She went on to serve as the Director of Information Systems Management, the Director of Military Personnel, and the Director of Human Resources. As an additional duty, General Deener served as the Army National Guard representative to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) from 1999-2001. She was Commander, State Area Regional Command and J1 for the Maryland National Guard. Her career would then progress to the position of Chief of Staff of the Maryland National Guard in 2005.

EDUCATION:

1975 Western Maryland College, Bachelor of Science, Art, Westminster, Maryland
1978 Frostburg State University, Master of Science, Business Management, Frostburg, Maryland
1998 United States Army War College, by correspondence
2003 Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization, European Security Cooperation Course, Oberammergau, Germany
2009 Joint Task Force Commander Training Course, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2010 University of North Carolina, Army Strategic Leadership Development-Intermediate Course, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2010 United States Army War College, Senior Reserve Component Officer Course-48, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
2010 Joint Staff Training Course, Camp Fretterd Military Reservation, Reisterstown, Maryland
2010 General Officer Legal Orientation Course, Judge Advocate General School, Charlottesville, Virginia

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. July 1978 - February 1980, Platoon Leader, Company B, 58th Support Battalion, 58th Brigade (Separate), Towson, Maryland
2. February 1980 - July 1982, Teach, Advise and Counsel Officer, Maryland Military Academy, Camp Fretterd, Maryland
3. July 1982 - May 1984, S-1, Maryland Military Academy, Camp Fretterd, Maryland
4. May 1984 - May 1986, Automated Systems Management Officer, Headquarters, State Area Regional Command, Baltimore, Maryland
5. May 1986 - November 1991, Assistant Personnel Operations Officer, Headquarters, State Area Regional Command, Baltimore, Maryland
6. November 1991 - March 1996, Director of Information Management, Headquarters, State Area Regional Command, Baltimore, Maryland
7. March 1996 - July 1998, Deputy Director Military Personnel, Headquarters, State Area Regional Command, Baltimore, Maryland
8. July 1998 - April 2001, Director Military Personnel, Headquarters, State Area Regional Command, Baltimore, Maryland
9. April 2001- March 2002, Human Resource Management Officer, Headquarters State Area Command, Baltimore, Maryland
10. March 2002 - July 2004, Commander State Area Command, Maryland State Headquarters Area Command, Baltimore, Maryland
11. July 2004 - September 2005, J-1, Maryland Joint Force Headquarters, Joint Force Headquarters, Baltimore, Maryland
12. September 2005 - July 2008, Chief of Staff, Maryland Joint Force Headquarters, Baltimore, Maryland
13. July 2008 - June 2009, Assistant Adjutant General- Army, Maryland National Guard, Baltimore, Maryland
14. June 2009 - Present, Director of the Joint Staff, Joint Force Headquarters, Baltimore, Maryland

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal (with 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 1 Silver and 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Gold Hourglass)
Army Service Ribbon
Maryland Distinguished Service Cross (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Maryland Meritorious Service Medal
Maryland National Guard Recruiting Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Maryland State Service Medal (with 1 Gold Botonee Cross)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP & AFFILIATIONS:

National Guard Association of Maryland
National Guard Association of the United States
United States Army War College Alumni Association

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

2007 Inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant 22 July 1978
First Lieutenant 21 July 1981
Captain 1 July 1983
Major 9 July 1987
Lieutenant Colonel 13 November 1991
Colonel 12 October 2000
Brigadier General 30 July 2008

(Current as of June 2011)