Colonel Towner entered the Air Force in 1979.
She served as an aircraft maintenance technician until 1985.
In 1985, she was selected for Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) program at Indiana University.
While attending Indiana University she gained her civilian aircraft maintenance certification and worked at UPS overnight headquarters in Louisville KY full time while also attending college full time.
She was awarded Indiana’s Business School Outstanding Graduate award in 1987 and inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma.
