Connecticut NG promotes state's first female command chief warrant officer - Reserve & National Guard

Connecticut NG promotes state's first female command chief warrant officer - Reserve & National Guard

Stephanie Richard joined the Connecticut National Guard more than three decades ago for the education benefits. Since then, she has climbed the ranks, deployed multiple times and, most recently, became the state’s first female command chief warrant officer.  “All the hard work and hours and sacrifices, it just really paid off,” said Richard, now a chief warrant officer 4. “And I feel like it was being recognized — my experience and my job perfor…