ST. PAUL, Minn. – A 32-year Air Force veteran, Lisa Erikson, has become the first woman to be command sergeant major for Minnesota Air National Guard. Hers is the highest enlisted rank in the 2,000-person state Air Guard. She has responsibility for two separate wings and the command headquarters. At one point she was with the 148th Medical Group that deployed to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom.
Erikson. Began career as an engine mechanic on C-141 cargo planes.