A career Army lawyer has been appointed as the next marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Col. Gail Curley is expected to begin her duties as the court’s chief security officer on June 21 following her retirement from the Army this summer. She will be the 11th marshal of the court and the second woman to serve in the position, succeeding Pamela Talkin, who retired last year after 19 years in the job.

As marshal of the court, Curley also will serve as the Supreme Court’s facilities administrator and contracting executive, managing about 260 employees, including the Supreme Court Police Force, which provides security for the justices, court staff, visitors, the building and surrounding grounds, the Supreme Court said in a press release.

When the Supreme Court is in session, Curley will call the court to order during argument sessions and maintain order and decorum during court proceedings, it said.

In the Army, Curley’s final assignment is as chief of the National Security Law Division in the Office of The Judge Advocate General. Serving in that role since July 2019, “she supervised a team of judge advocates, led the strategic engagements program for the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, and provided legal advice and support on national security law to senior Army leadership,” the press release said.

Throughout her Army career, Curley served in a variety of legal positions, including as the staff judge advocate for U.S. Army Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany. A 1991 West Point graduate who earned her law degree from the University of Illinois College of Law, Curley also has served in Afghanistan and across the U.S.