Air Force Gen. Lori J. Robinson has become the first woman to lead a top-tier U.S. warfighting command.

She took over Friday as leader of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command in Colorado,

Robinson was installed during a ceremony attended by Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.

Carter praised Robinson as a strategic thinker capable of making split-second life-and-death decisions.

He also said Robinson and her husband, David Robinson, understand the difficulties military families face, alluding to the death of David Robinson’s daughter following a pilot training accident.

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