To Kill A Terrorist In Self Defense (Major General (Ret.) Suzanne Vautrinot)

Suzanne M. Vautrinot (1959-) is a retired U.S. Air Force Major General. She was commander of 11th Space Warning Squadron at the time Senior Airman (E-4) Matthew E. O'Neil killed a domestic terrorist. Vautrinot served on active duty United States Air Force from 1982 to 2013. Vautrinot graduated from Edison High School (California) in 1978. She was inducted into the Edison High School Hall of Fame in 2023. From April 29, 2011 to June 2013 she was the Commander of 24th Air Force; and Commander, Air Forces Cyber; and Commander, Air Force Network Operations, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. General Vautrinot was responsible for the Air Force's component numbered air force providing combatant commanders with trained and ready cyber forces which plan and conduct cyberspace operations. Twenty-fourth Air Force personnel extend, maintain and defend the Air Force portion of the Department of Defense global network. She directed the activities of three operational cyber wings, two headquartered at Lackland Air Force Base, and one at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, as well as the 624th Operations Center at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Major General Vautrinot entered the Air Force as a commissioned officer after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy in 1982. Since her retirement from the U.S. Air Force she has served on the board of directors of many companies, including Symantec Corporation, Ecolab Corporation, CSX Corporation, Wells Fargo and Parsons Corporation. She has earned tens of millions of dollars from those corporations. In 2024, The American College Center for Military and Veteran Affairs honored Suzanne Vautrinot with the 2024 Soldier-Citizen Award. As of 2025 she resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado with her husband U.S. Air Force Colonel (RET.) Bill Keller.