Now, three decades later, Lt. Gen. Nesmith will become the highest-ranking female service officer in its history. He assumes the position of the new deputy head of the General Staff in August. She will be promoted to lieutenant general, the first woman to hold the rank of three star, the second highest rank currently used in the military. Her appointment has been approved by the queen. Nesmith, 51, a mother of two from Northumberland married to a tree surgeon, has been assigned to the Royal House
