At Century High School in Bismarck, ND, Paula Broadwell excelled
in and out of the classroom earning all state basketball honors, orchestra
concert mistress, student council president, homecoming queen, and
valedictorian.
At West Point, she had a dual major in systems engineering and political
geography, ran cross-country and track, and competed in the high jump. She
earned 12 varsity letters. Graduating number one in physical fitness in West
Point’s Class of 1995, a class whose size numbers 1015 with 87% men, she
selected Military Intelligence Corps and an initial posting to Korea to serve
as a platoon leader on the DMZ.
Assignments followed in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. They included the
command of an International Defense Intelligence Agency Document Exploitation
Unit in Bosnia and as a senior intelligence and security officer for the
largest Military Police Battalion in the Army based in Mannheim, Germany,
sparking an interest in covert military operations.
As a senior Army Captain, Broadwell entered into the world of black operations
but traded her active duty commission for one in the Army reserves when she
become engaged to Scott Broadwell.
Recalled to active duty shortly
after the terrorist attacks of Sept 11, 2001, Broadwell was assigned as a
special operations command intelligence planner in Europe. Her role included
planning of strikes on counter-terrorist targets in Africa, the Caucuses region
and Afghanistan. She expanded her physical skill by engaging in several
self-defense and combative courses, and earning Airborne qualifications from
four countries.
She returned to graduate school
earning dual masters degrees in International Security and Conflict Resolution
from the University of Denver and a master’s degree in public administration
from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She also studied
Arabic and Middle Eastern culture at the University of Jordan in Amman.
She was the Deputy Director of the Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies
at Tufts University in 2006. The Center’s mission was to increase the
understanding and competency of counter-terrorism professionals at various
levels. When General David Petraeus assumed command of the Multi-National
Forces in Iraq, the Jebsen Center provided his command group with robust
research and analysis of counter-terrorism alternatives.
Paula’s research to support Gen. Petraeus led her to develop expertise in
counter-terror financing, political risk analysis, social network modeling and
the strategic leadership of national security organizations. It also inspired
her to pursue a doctoral degree in organizational management. But as she got to
know Petraeus, her interest in transformational leadership grew.
Successfully petitioning her doctoral advisors at Kings College War Studies
Department at the University of London for a change, Paula’s dissertation
became focused on adaptive leadership and the military leadership trajectory of
Gen. David Petraeus.
She was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves in summer 2012.
And, most important of all, she
has big tits.
