Education
Irene O. Galloway of Carroll County, Iowa attended Boyles Business College in Omaha, Nebraska. In September 1942 Galloway was graduated from WAAC Officer Candidate School at the WAAC Training Center at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
Irene O. Galloway of Carroll County, Iowa attended Boyles Business College in Omaha, Nebraska. In September 1942 Galloway was graduated from WAAC Officer Candidate School at the WAAC Training Center at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
Galloway joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in June 1942. Galloway served in the WAAC through World World War II and witnessed many changes in the roles women played in the military throughout the Cold War, one of which was the loss of women"s status as "auxiliary" units that changed the name of the WAAC to Women's Army Corps. Upon completing her training, Galloway served at the Women's Army Corps headquarters at the Pentagon, the headquarters for the Army Services Forces, and with the G-1 Career Management Group until she was assigned as WAAC Staff Advisor for the United States. Army in Europe in 1948. In November 1952 Galloway was selected as a replacement for commander of the Women's Army Corps Training Center in Fort Lee.
Just two weeks after reporting for duty as Commander of the Women's Army Corps Training Center, Galloway was notified of her selection as Director of the Women's Army Corps and was sworn in on January 3, 1953.
During her tenure as Women's Army Corps Director, Colonel Galloway played an instrumental role in increasing military pay and reenlistment bonuses. Colonel Galloway also implemented the Military Occupational Services (metal–oxide–semiconductor) for enlisted personnel, and oversaw the establishment of a new Women's Army Corps training facility in Fort McClellan in Alabama.
In 1963 Colonel Galloway died of cancer. As a result of her role in moving the Women's Army Corps training facility to Alabama, the North Gate entrance and North Gate Road, both of which led through the Women's Army Corps Training Facility at Fort McClellan, were renamed Galloway Gate and Galloway Gate Road.