U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Control Group 18 listen to Colonel Lorna Mahlock, commanding officer, MACG-18, during Exercise Valiant Shield 16, Sept. 14, 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Makenzie Fallon) Marines get historic new CIO, Lorna Mahlock Mahlock was the first African-American woman nominated to serve as a brigadier general in the Marine Corps, and now she's the Corps' first female CIO. Jul 25, 2018 By Billy Mitchell