Face of Defense: ‘Make It Happen’ Motto Drives Army Officer

By • on August 7, 2009

Face of Defense: ‘Make It Happen’ Motto Drives Army Officer

By Army Pfc. Cody A. Thompson
Special to American Forces Press Service
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Aug. 7, 2009 – Army Lt. Col. Mary Cheyne, knowledge management officer with Combined Joint Task Force 82 here, started as a West Point cadet and rose through the ranks to her current position with the Army in Afghanistan.

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Army Maj. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of Combined Joint Task Force 82, speaks prior to Army Lt. Col. Mary Cheyne’s promotion to lieutenant colonel on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 1, 2009. Cheyne, a Kemblesville, Pa., native, is the knowledge management officer for the joint operations compound. U.S. Army photo by Barry Wilson