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Jennifer Short
U.S. Air Force general From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jennifer Marie Short (born 1971) is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who last served as the senior military assistant to the secretary of defense from October 2024 to February 2025. She most recently served as the director of legislative affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. Prior to that she served as the deputy director for strategic planning and policy at United States Indo-Pacific Command.[1][2][3][4]
Lieutenant General Short is a command pilot with more than 1,800 hours in the A-10 Thunderbolt (Warthog).[5]
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Military career
In July 2024, Short was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as the senior military assistant to the secretary of defense.[6][7]
Over her 30-year military career, Short has held a variety of positions at the squadron, wing, major command, headquarters and combatant command levels, including serving as commander of the storied 23rd Wing, home of the legendary "Flying Tigers" at Moody Air Force Base, GA, and director of legislative affairs at United States Central Command.[8]
She is a command pilot with more than 1,800 hours. She has flown more than 430 combat hours in the A-10 in operations Southern Watch, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.[9]
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Education
In 1993, Short graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Arizona State University. In 1995, she completed Officer Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, as a distinguished graduate. She has held a variety of positions at the squadron, wing, major command, headquarters and combatant command levels.[10]
End of tenure
On 22 February 2025, Short was relieved of her assignment as senior military assistant to the Secretary of Defense, by the newly appointed Secretary Pete Hegseth.[11]
Personal life
Short is the third person in her family to ascend to the general officer ranks in the Air Force. Her late father, Michael Short, retired from the Air Force in 2000 at the rank of lieutenant general after serving in his final assignment as NATO's Joint Air Force Component Commander for Operation Allied Force during the 78-day war in Kosovo. Earlier in his career he flew 276 combat missions in Vietnam in the F-4 and was awarded the Silver Star, the nation's third highest award for gallantry in action.[12] Short's brother, Christopher M. Short, retired in 2019 at the rank of brigadier general.[13]
Short married Scott Evens on 23 October 2010.[14]
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