Veteran inducted into Women's Foundation Hall of Fame

Retired Brig. Gen. Colleen L. McGuire of Kalispell was inducted into the United States Army Women’s Foundation Hall of Fame during a special ceremony Thursday in Washington, D.C.

The Hall of Fame awards are presented to women who have contributed extraordinary service to the Army or the Armed Forces.

McGuire was one of six Hall of Fame inductees. She was the first woman provost marshal general of the Army and U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command. She was the 10th commander of the CID since it was first established as a major command on Sept. 17, 1971, and the 13th provost marshal general of the Army since 1941, the Foundation said.

McGuire assumed her last command on Jan. 14, 2009. She has served as director of the Senior Leader Development Office, the Office of the Chief of Staff, and led the Army Suicide Prevention Task Force.

In 2010 she was awarded the University of Montana Distinguished Alumni Award. She grew up in Missoula and graduated from UM in 1979. Following her military service she was the executive director of Delta Gamma Fraternity.

She now lives in Kalispell with her daughter and son-in-law, Maggie and Anthony Goff, and two grandsons, Conrad and Maximilian Goff. McGuire also spends time at her cattle ranch in Eastern Oregon.