Lisa Jaster is a graduate of the United States Military Academy; she also holds a BS from West Point and MS in Civil Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology. Lisa spent seven years of active duty in the Army, with time served at Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Stewart, various locations in South Korea, as well as deployments to both Afghanistan in 2002, and Iraq in 2003. She left active duty in 2007 and joined the Army Reserves in 2012. In 2015, Lisa graduated from Army Ranger School and is one of only three females to graduate from the initial integrated course. In 2018 she was deployed to Iraq a second time with the rank of Major. Lisa is married to a fellow reserve officer and has two children. During her time away from the military she works as a project engineer.