Background
Diekman, Diane Jean was born on September 18, 1950 in Clear Lake, South Dakota, United States. Daughter of John and Mildred (Hanson) Diekman.
(Following the tradition of Laura Ingalls Wilder, A Farm I...)
Following the tradition of Laura Ingalls Wilder, A Farm In the Hidewood: My South Dakota Home depicts farm life several generations after the Ingalls family lived on the Dakota prairie. One-room country schools still existed in the 1960s and blizzards still occurred. Thirteen-year-old Diane dreamed of being pretty and popular and of traveling to distant places she read about in books. While the close-knit Diekman family worked and played together on the Hidewood Valley farm, Diane struggled with shyness and a lack of self-confidence when away from home. She feared the upcoming transition from her one-room elementary school to the town high school attended by two hundred students. Would she make friends? Would the others like her? She wondered if the boy she admired might finally notice her. Readers of A Farm In the Hidewood will discover how to wash clothes with a wringer washer, churn homemade ice cream, sling hay bales into the barn, make blood sausage and butcher chickens. The author draws from memories and diaries to describe family experiences, adding dialogue and scenes as they might have happened.
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(When Diane Diekman became an aviation maintenance officer...)
When Diane Diekman became an aviation maintenance officer (a "greenshirt") in the U.S. Navy in 1978, her challenges included proving herself professionally before gaining the acceptance and respect routinely granted to men. _Navy Greenshirt: A Leader Made, Not Born_ is the story of a female pioneer who struggled and succeeded in the male-dominated world of naval aviation. The commanding officer of her first squadron fired her when she failed his hidden test to assert herself as a leader. That painful lesson strengthened the timid South Dakota farm girl and defined her future leadership style. _Navy Greenshirt_, which offers hope to men and women not born to lead, describes the experiences that molded Diekman into a successful leader.
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Diekman, Diane Jean was born on September 18, 1950 in Clear Lake, South Dakota, United States. Daughter of John and Mildred (Hanson) Diekman.
Bachelor in Elementary Education, English and Spanish, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1972. Master of Science in Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Norfolk, Virginia, 1988. Master of Business Administration in Aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Jacksonville, Florida, 1992.
Graduate, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 1997.
Enlisted United States Navy, 1972, advanced through grades to captain, 1997, retired, 2004. Test control officer Armed Forces Enlistment Station, Oklahoma City, 1975-1978. Aircraft division officer Training Squadron 23, Kingsville, Texas, 1978-1982.
Maintenance officer Patrol Squadron 16, Jacksonville, 1982-1985. Production (operations) officer Aircraft Maintenance Department, Norfolk, 1985-1988. Department head Naval Air Station, Agana, Guam, 1988-1990, Jacksonville, 1990-1993.
Maintenance liaison Naval Supply Systems Command, Arlington, Virginia, 1993-1996. Maintenance officer Fleet Air Western Pacific, 1996-1999. Commander Defense Contract Management Agency, Van Nuys, California, 1999—2002.
Naval inspector, general staff United States Navy, 2002—2004. Writer, researcher Dynamics Research Corporation, since 2006.
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Organizer Prisoner Of War/Master of International Affairs ceremonies Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, 1991-1993, Agana, Guam, 1989, Atsugi, Japan, 1997-1998. Volunteer mail staff White House, Washington, 1994-1996, Navy Memorial, Washington, 1994-1996. Vice president Springfield (Virginia) Civic Association, 1994-1996, special advocate, 2005-2006.
Member Naval Institute (life), Tailhook Association (life), Military Officers Association (life), Women in Military Service to American Memorial Foundation (charter), Naval Aviation Museum Foundation (life), United States Navy Memorial Foundation (charter), American Legion (life).
Children: April, Amanda.