On December 20, 2013, the U.S. senate confirmed Vice Adm. Michelle Howard for the service’s No. 2 post, making her the first female four-star admiral in the Navy’s 238-year history. Her promotion to vice chief of naval operations, expected for early 2014, will also make her the first African-American woman to attain four-star rank in Pentagon history. … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Black Women in the Military
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Friday Evening Thread: Meet America’s Oldest Veteran – Richard Overton!
My what a handsome soldier! Via The Grio: Richard Overton was honored with a standing ovation and a box of cigars Thursday for being America’s oldest veteran. The Texas native served in World War II and said the key to living longer is “staying out of trouble.” … [Read more...] about Friday Evening Thread: Meet America’s Oldest Veteran – Richard Overton!
FLASHBACK: Putin Was For Targeted Airstrikes Before He Was Against Them
In an NY Times op-ed published yesterday, President Vladimir Putin is all like, "Military strikes are bad. Really bad. President Obama is mean!", and so-called progressives like Katrina vanden Heuvel and Prof. Jelani Cobb are eating it up like tasty pudding. But look at what Putin wrote in (ironically) a NY Times op-ed in 1999 (h/t Jim Roberts @nycjim): … [Read more...] about FLASHBACK: Putin Was For Targeted Airstrikes Before He Was Against Them
Tuesday Evening Thread: On This Day – The Brownsville Affair
(courtesy of PBS & Newsone) The Brownsville Raid of 1906, also known as the “Brownsville Affair,” in Texas resulted in the largest U.S. Army dismissal in the history of the military branch. On the night of August 13th, a shooting spree took place in the town of Brownsville that claimed the life of a White bartender and wounded a Hispanic police officer. Without clear … [Read more...] about Tuesday Evening Thread: On This Day – The Brownsville Affair
Tuesday Open Thread: African-Americans and the Revolutionary War
(Colonel Joseph is holding up his tomahawk in the picture) Joseph Louis Cook or Akiatonharónkwen (died October 1814) was an Iroquois leader and American soldier. Born to a black father and an Abenakimother in what is now Quebec, he was adopted as a Mohawk. He became an influential leader in the Iroquois Confederacy and distinguished himself during the French and Indian War. He … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-Americans and the Revolutionary War