Martha Rainville

Martha Rainville is a former Vermont National Guard Adjutant General, and retired Air Force Major General. Rainville is the first woman in the history of the National Guard to serve as a state Adjutant General. In 2006 she ran as the Republican candidate for Vermonts atlarge congressional district. She was defeated by Democratic candidate Peter Welch. Currently, Rainville is Chief Operating Officer of Civil Support International LLC, a consulting firm which advises private contractors and government agencies in matters related to disaster preparedness, crisis response, and homeland defense and security.

Rainville was born in New London, Connecticut. After graduating from the ChamberlainHunt Academy , Rainville received a Bachelor of Arts in Education from the University of Mississippi . Following graduation, she entered the United States Air Force, and was a 1979 Distinguished Graduate of the United States Air Force Officer Basic Military Training Program at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. She served on active duty from 19781984, then transferred to the 174th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, New York Air National Guard, Syracuse, N.Y. She also served in the Air Force Reserve in Minneapolis, Minn. and the Vermont Air National Guard before becoming the Adjutant General of the State of Vermont in March 1997. The position of Adjutant General carried with it the rank of Major General. The first woman in the history of the National Guard to hold this position, Rainville commanded 3,800 members of the Vermont Army and Air National Guard. She also served as the commissioner of the

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