Donna Whitley Martin is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the Inspector General of the United States Army from 2021 to 2025. She is the first female Inspector General of the Army. She previously served as the 18th United States Army Provost Marshal General / Commanding General, United States Army Criminal Investigation Command,Major General Donna W. Martin (USA) from 2020 to 2021. She was also the commanding general of the United States Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood, and prior to that was commandant of the United States Military Police School from 2017 to 2018 and deputy commanding general of the United States Army Recruiting Command from 2015 to 2017.
In June 2021, she was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general, to the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Army.Kyle Rempfer (10 Aug 2021) CID boss made Army IG, gets a third star, despite turbulent tenure Martin was replaced as Provost Marshal General by her deputy, Brigadier General Duane R. Miller on 5 August 2021; she assumed her post as the 67th Inspector General of the Army on 2 September 2021. Gregory J. Brady succeeded her as the Inspector General on 17 March 2025. Martin retired from the Army 30 April 2025 after nearly 37 years of service.
Awards and decorations Basic Army Recruiter Badge3rd Infantry Division Combat Service Identification BadgeMilitary Police Corps Distinctive Unit Insignia5 Overseas Service Bars Army Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters Bronze Star Medal with oak leaf cluster Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters Army Commendation Medal with silver oak leaf cluster Army Achievement Medal Joint Meritorious Unit Award Army Meritorious Unit Commendation National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star Southwest Asia Service Medal with three service stars Afghanistan Campaign Medal with service star Iraq Campaign Medal with service star Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Army Service Ribbon Army Overseas Service Ribbon with bronze award numeral 4 NATO Medal for Service with ISAF Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
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