Darlene Goff

Brigadier General Darlene M. Goff (Ret.) is the first female general officer of the South Carolina National Guard. She retired in March 2015.

Education Goff is originally from Ninety Six, South Carolina. In 1993, Goff earned her Master of Arts degree in Computer and Information Resource Management from Webster University. She also has a Master of Strategic Studies Degree from the United States Army War College, which she earned in 2007. Her duties in this particular role included leadership development for the South Carolina National Guard. She was responsible for the Guard's in-state operations if they were called by the government to take care of natural or man-made disasters.

Over her career, she had been sent to Japan, Okinawa, Panama, and Belgium.

Goff is a member of many different boards and organizations: National Guard Association of the United States, South Carolina National Guard Association, Leadership South Carolina, Diversity of the Midlands: South Carolina, and Board of Directors Alston Wilkes Society. She is also the Vice Chair of the Youth ChalleNGe Board.

Awards Goff has earned numerous awards. These include: Meritorious Service Medal Army Commendation Medal with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters Army Achievement Medal with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal with 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster National Defense Service Medal with 1 Bronze Star Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Gold Hourlgass Devise Army Service Ribbon Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon with Numeral 2 South Carolina's Governor's Unit Citation

Personal life Goff is married to Colonel Eddie Goff, USA (Ret.), a 34-year Army Veteran.