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Deborah A. Ashenhurst is a military personnel, who is currently an assistant to the vice chief at the National Guard Bureau.

Early career
Ashenhurst became a part of the Ohio Army National Guard in 1978, which is when her military career begun. In 1980, she became the Engineer Office of the guard after being trained at its school. She became a Reconnaissance Officer in July 1980, after being trained at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, following the completion of the Engineer Basic Course, and served until September 1981. She was promoted to Second Lieutenant of the Army National Guard on 6 July 1980. From September 1981 - December 1983, she served in the Inactive National Guard for the United States Army Reserve. She was promoted to First Lieutenant of the Army National Guard on 5 July 1983.

Once she had finished serving for the Inactive National Guard, she became an instructor for the Ohio Military Academy at the Army National Guard, and held this position from December 1983 - August 1984, before becoming the adjutant of the 112th Medical Brigade for the national guard in August 1984. She was promoted to Captain of the Army National Guard on 25 July 1985. She served as adjutant at the 112th Medical Brigade until December 1986, when she became the executive officer of the guard's 684th Medical Company, where she stayed for a year. She was the finance and accounting officer for the guard from April — December 1986, the adjutant of the 112th Medical Brigade from December 1989 — 1990, and the commander of the 237th Forward Support Battalion from March 1990 — December 1992. On 24 August 1989, she was promoted to Major of the Army National Guard.

Later career
Ashenhurt was the commander of the 237th Forward Support Battalion for the Ohio National Guard from March 1990 — December 1992 and the executive officer of the battalion from December 1992 — October 1994. During the last year of her service as executive officer, Ashenhurst was being educated at the University of the State of New York in 1994, receiving a Bachelor Degree in science. She was the commander for the 237th Personnel Services Battalion from October 1994 — September 1997, and during 1995, she was educated at the United States Army War College. She was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the Army National Guard on 16 March 1995.

Ashenhurt worked at the 73rd Troop Command for the Ohio Army National Guard as the executive officer from September 1997 to August 2000; deputy commander from October 2003 to June 2004, April 2005 to June 2007, and June 2009 to April 2010; acting commander from June 2004 to April 2005; and commander from April 2010 to January 2011. Between these periods of time, she was the director of Installation Resources and the director of Ohio Joint Force Headquarters, in August 2000 - October 2003 and June 2007 - June 2009, respectively. On 20 October 2000, she was promoted to Colonel of the Army National Guard.

In 2010, she was appointed adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard by John Kasich; she is the first female to hold this position. She begun serving in January 2011. During her time as general, she commanded over 18,000 military personnel and supervised the readiness of the military in Ohio. was promoted to Brigadier General on 10 January 2011, and finally to Major General on 22 September 2012.

Current service
In December 2014, it was announced that Ashenhurst would be stepping down from her position of adjutant general of the guard to become the assistant to the vice chief at the National Guard Bureau. On January 10, 2015, she left the Guard and begun serving in this position, which is where she is working currently.