Kathleen M. Gainey

Lieutenant General Kathleen M. Gainey is a retired United States Army general who served as Deputy Commander, United States Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. She retired in 2013.

Education 1978 Bachelor of Science Degree in Special Education, Old Dominion University, VA 1987 Master of Business Administration in Contract Management and Procurement, Babson College, MA. 1989 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS. 1997 Graduate, Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA.

Military career Gainey received her commission as a second lieutenant through ROTC in 1978. Her commands include: 5th Heavy Boat Company, Ford Island, Hawaii 6th Transportation Battalion, Fort Eustis, Virginia 7th Corps Support Group, Warner Barracks in Bamberg, Germany Defense Distribution Center, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania Commanding General, Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

Gainey's other assignments include Chief, Container Freight Branch, Military Ocean Terminal Bay Area, MTMC Western Area, Oakland, California Program Analyst, US Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command, Rock Island, Illinois Executive Officer, 2d Area Support Group, 22d Support Command S-2/S3, 702d Transportation Battalion, Saudi Arabia Division Transportation Officer, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Army, Washington, D.C. Chief Joint Operations Division, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois Director, Force Projection and Distribution, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, Washington, D.C. Deputy Chief of Staff, Resources and Sustainment, Multi-National Force-Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom. Director of Logistics, Joint Staff J4