Editor 's note : Campbell Brown anchors CNN 's `` Campbell Brown : No Bias , No Bull '' at 8 p.m . ET Mondays through Fridays . She delivered this commentary during the `` Cutting through the Bull '' segment of Friday night 's broadcast . CNN 's Campbell Brown congratulates newly promoted four-star Gen. Ann Dunwoody . ( CNN ) -- Tonight , our `` cutting through the bull '' is a Friday first , one we are thrilled to celebrate . The Pentagon 's elite club of four-star generals welcomed a new member Friday , Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody . At her ceremony Friday , she said , `` I am honored to be joining your four-star bench of general officers -- an extraordinary band of brothers who have the responsibility of guiding our nation 's Army and its incredible soldiers into the future . '' That particular band of brothers has welcomed its first sister . Watch Campbell Brown 's commentary » . Ann Dunwoody has become the first female four-star general in history . In a year where we saw some very public battles to crack the glass ceiling in politics , Dunwoody quietly shattered the military 's `` brass '' ceiling . Women make up only about 14 percent of the active duty force , with an even smaller fraction at the top . One male general was quoted as saying that given Dunwoody 's extraordinary accomplishments in the military , `` It 's too bad that the focus with this promotion will be on her gender . '' We do applaud her accomplishments , but when you are the first in the male-dominated world that is the military , that in and of itself is an accomplishment that we also think is still worth noting and celebrating . Gen. Dunwoody , congratulations . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Campbell Brown .
Brown : First female four - star general is cause for celebration . Brown : Gen. Ann E. Brown becomes first woman to join special band of soldiers . Women make up only about 14 % of the active military force , Brown notes .