The Walking Ghosts of Black History

ALAMEDA: Annual Memorial Day Celebration On Aircraft Hornet honors heroics of African-American Naval Aviator Jesse Brown Program: KPIX 5 News MorningCategories: News, KPIXTV, Top Story, Google

The 1st three Black women to command a US Navy Warship that are also SWO(N) are in command @USNavy @chinfo The 1st three Black women to command a US Navy Warship that are also SWO(N) are in command at the same time. CDR Kathryn Wijnaldum, USS OAK HILL... CDR Kimberly Jones, USS TORTUGA CDR LaDonna Simpson, USS CARTER HALL Celebrate this moment.

Thomas Sowell (/sol/; born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, social theorist, and senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sowell Born in North Carolina, Sowell grew up in Harlem, New York. He dropped out of Stuyvesant High School and served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. Upon returning to the United States, Sowell enrolled at Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude[1] in 1958. He received a m...aster's degree from Columbia University in 1959, and earned his doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago in 1968. Sowell has served on the faculties of several universities, including Cornell University and University of California, Los Angeles. He has also worked at think tanks such as the Urban Institute. Since 1980, he has worked at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he presently serves as the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy. Sowell writes from a libertarian conservative perspective. Sowell has written more than thirty books, and his work has been widely anthologized. He is a National Humanities Medal recipient for innovative scholarship which incorporated history, economics and political science. http://www.usmccca.org/archives/11677 Melanie Cunningham is producing a biographical documentary about the American economist Thomas Sowell, to be broadcast on public television. Dr. Sowell was drafted into the US Marine Corps during the Korean War. He was stationed at Camp Lejeune (’52-’53), where he was part of the Combat Camera unit. Corporal Sowell was part of the first wave of graduates from Pensacola Naval Air Station photography school to be stationed at Camp Lejeune and I believe he was mustered out on the 5th of August or September 1953. Cunningham is seeking some photos he might have taken during that time. She says one of Corporal Sowell’s assignments was to photograph the Marine reservists taking their summer training at Camp Lejeune. If you can help, please contact CCHQ 352-448-9167.

Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is an American retired four-star Army general who served as the 12th commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM). Austin was the first black commander of CENTCOM.[1] On December 8, 2020, President-elect Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate Austin as Secretary of Defense. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Austin was commissioned as a second lieutenant after graduation from West Point.[5] His initial assignm...Continue reading

Veterans Day commemoration on the USS Hornet

Women's History Month Spotlight: Command Sgt. Maj. Tracey Anbiya By Deb MercurioMarch 5, 2010 Washington, D. C. - When Command Sgt. Maj. Tracey Anbiya enlisted in the Army on Aug. 28, 1984, she had no idea that 25 years later she would be sitting in Germany as the command sergeant major for Installation Management Command-Europe....Continue reading

HRC welcomes first female command sergeant major MARY ALFORD The News-Enterprise Jan 18, 2019 Updated Jan 18, 2019 ... https://www.thenewsenterprise.com//article_3cb0e4a7-de49-5 Command Sgt. Maj. Lynice D. Thorpe-Noel stood Thursday morning on the Waybur Theater stage at Fort Knox and accepted the colors of the U.S. Army Human Resources Command. In doing so, she made history. Thorpe-Noel became the first female to take on the role of command sergeant major of HRC. She was welcomed during an Assumption of Responsibility ceremony, where she received a standing ovation. She assumed the senior enlisted adviser duties from Command Sgt. Maj. Wardell Jefferson. This day, we embark on a new journey, a new era in history, Thorpe-Noel said. I can’t begin to express my gratitude, my humility and my honor ... to continue to build upon the legacy of the 15 command sergeant majors that came before me. ... I am proud to be sweet 16. Maj. Gen. Jason T. Evans, HRC commanding general, who officiated the ceremony, said Thorpe-Noel, who spent the last few years as the HRC enlisted personnel management directorate sergeant major, is no stranger to HRC. He said the experience she brings to the position is unmatched. She is already familiar with this command, this installation and many of you, he said. I suspect Command Sgt. Maj. Thorpe(-Noel) is anxious to not only continue the efforts of her predecessor, but also start paving her own path forward, setting standards, exceeding expectations and meeting the needs soldiers and families. Upon relinquishing his duties at HRC, Jefferson heads to Army G-1 where he will assume the role of deputy chief of staff, G-1, sergeant major. Jefferson assumed his duties as senior enlisted adviser to the HRC commanding general Aug. 21, 2015. HRC formed Oct. 1, 2003, to execute the Army’s human resources programs and systems to promote unit readiness, help develop leaders and sustain the well-being of soldiers, civilians, veterans and retirees. HRC is a human resources leader, balancing the needs of the Army while taking care of individual soldiers, the ceremony’s program said. Command sergeant major's mission is to serve as the senior enlisted adviser to the commanding general and staff on matters pertaining to enlisted soldiers’ welfare, morale, assignments, reassignments, utilization, promotions, privileges, discipline, training, operations and logistics. The command sergeant major also is responsible for carrying out policies and standards and advising the commander on the performance, training, appearance and conduct of enlisted soldiers. I do not take this responsibility lightly. I thank you for your trust and your confidence, Thorpe-Noel said. I look forward to maintaining relationships, cultivating new partnerships and developing new friendships. Thorpe-Noel is a native of Nashville, North Carolina. She began her Army career in 1989.

Michele S. Jones https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_S._Jones Jones was born 24 November 1963 in Randallstown, Maryland. She grew up in the Baltimore area. She is a graduate of Milford Mill Academy. She was for a time a Baltimore Colts cheerleader. At Fayetteville State University, she graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration.... Jones originally joined the U.S. Army because she "liked the uniform" and because none of her friends were joiningshe reports that she has "always been an independent thinker". She said she took the advertising slogan to heart, "Be All You Can Be In The Army", and enlisted in September 1982. In her 19971998 class of the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy, she became the first female selected as class president. On 28 October 2002, Jones stepped into the role of Command Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army Reserve, to serve as the principal representative of the enlisted ranks, adviser to the chief of the Army Reserve.[1] She traveled the world, seeking out and initiating solutions to U.S. Army and Army Reserve enlisted personnel resource problems. She served state-side on active duty assignments during the Kosovo War as well as during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm and the Global War on Terrorism. Ebony magazine featured a portrait and short biography of Jones in June 2003, on a one-page monthly feature entitled "Speaking of People". The next month, Jones was honored with the Meritorious Service Award by the NAACP. Jones was pictured in Essence magazine in April 2005 in a photographic essay entitled "The Beautiful Ones: 35 of the Most Remarkable Women in the World", showing 35 African-American women worthy of note. In her meetings with Army Reservists, Jones often emphasized the basics, such as physical fitness, even for those soldiers who were able to complete their assigned tasks without passing physical fitness examinations. At the Sheridan Army Reserve Center in northwest Baltimore in 2006, she actively demonstrated her stance on the matter to the enlisted leaders of the 80th Division. She slid her body underneath a chair and addressed them from that position: "Let's say you're a soldier and you're a mechanic and you need to get under this Humvee. If you're not physically fit, you may not be able to fit under the vehicle."

Dorothy Holmes, First black female CMSgt, Air Force pioneer, to be laid to rest Stephen Losey March 1, 2019 https://www.airforcetimes.com//first-black-female-cmsgt-a/... Chief Master Sgt. Dorothy Holmes, the first black woman to earn the highest enlisted rank in the Air Force, holds a copy of the tribute Colorado Rep. Ed Perlmutter read to her on the floor of the House in 2014. Holmes passed away Feb. 17. (Photo courtesy of The Retired Enlisted Association) Retired Chief Master Sergeant Dorothy Holmes blazed many trails during her three decades in the Air Force. She was the first black woman to reach the Air Force’s highest enlisted rank. She was the first woman to retire with 30 years of continuous service in the Air Force. And she was the first female chief master sergeant to be assigned to the Air Force Academy. But a friend, retired Army Master Sgt. George Smith, remembers her as a wonderful person who was fun to be around but one with little patience for nonsense, who could grab people’s attention with her commanding voice. She would tell it like it is, and whether you would like to hear it or not, she would tell it, Smith said in an interview Friday. She had a lot on the ball. Smith, who worked with Dottie Holmes at The Retired Enlisted Association in the 1980s, remembered how they would visit lawmakers on Capitol Hill to urge them to introduce or vote for pieces of legislation that would help seniors and veterans. And, he said laughing, if one of those lawmakers seemed dismissive of their concerns, Holmes would put him in his place. Sometimes, that congressman would say, ‘Well, you know, that thing is not important,' Smith said. And she would hop on something like that ‘What do you mean it’s not important?’ And you’d find that congressman kind of crawfishing a little bit: ‘Well, er, um, I didn’t mean it that way, Ms. Holmes.’ Later, when we’d get back together, we would laugh about it, how it appeared that she was just a little kind lady, but when her time comes to talk, she wouldn’t hesitate." Holmes passed away on Feb. 17 at the age of 91, and a memorial service will be held for her Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born in Philadelphia on Aug. 1, 1927, and joined the Air Force in May 1949, according to her obituary. She began her career in Texas, but spent time in places such as Germany, Japan, Thailand, Puerto Rico, Louisiana, Washington, D.C., and South Dakota over the next three decades.

Kaleth O. Wright https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleth_O._Wright Wright enlisted in the United States Air Force in March 1989 and his background includes various duties in the dental career field. He served as a Professional Military Education instructor and has held various senior enlisted positions while serving at squadron, group, wing, Task-Force and Numbered Air Force levels. He has deployed in support of Operations Desert Shield/Storm and Enduring Freedom and completed... overseas tours in the Republic of Korea, Japan, Germany, and Alaska. He was the Command Chief Master Sergeant, Third Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force. Prior to assuming the position of Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Wright was the Command Chief Master Sergeant, United States Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, with headquarters at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. As the command chief, he was the senior enlisted advisor to the commander on all matters affecting the readiness, training, professional development and effective utilization of more than 21,000 enlisted force personnel. Additionally, he coordinated with the headquarters staff, commanders, and senior personnel on administration and implementation of command policy. The chief champions and directs enlisted theater security engagement and building partnership capacity in an area of responsibility that comprises 104 countries in support of both United States European Command and United States Africa Command. Wright succeeded James A. Cody as Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force on February 17, 2017. He was replaced by CMSgt JoAnne S. Bass on August 14th, 2020.