# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-fast
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:07:31.514Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-fast"
name: "Barbara Fast"
slug: "barbara-fast"
description: "Barbara Fast is a retired major general of the United States Army. One of the first female officers placed in many challenging and dangerous situations and assignments, Fast is a member of the Military Intelligence Corps Hall of Fame. She was the first female to command an Army Military Intelligence Tactical Exploitation Battalion and the first female Intelligence Officer/G2 of a combat division. Her expertise spans across intelligence and cybersecurity.\nFast was the most senior military intelligence officer serving in Iraq during the period of time when the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse occurred."
tagline: "United States Army general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barbara_Fastcrop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1953-10-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.66
  momentum:             10.76923076923077
  historical:           5.480922666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Fast"
    title: "Barbara Fast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "باربرا فاست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_G._Fast"
    title: "Barbara G. Fast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Fast"
    title: "Barbara Fast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "باربارا فست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Fast"
    title: "Barbara Fast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q807433"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump