President Obama recently nominated Vice Admiral Michelle Howard to serve as vice chief of naval operations, the service’s No. 2 uniformed officer. If confirmed, she will be the first black and the first woman to hold the job and the first female four-star admiral, the Navy’s highest rank. Admiral Howard was also the first black woman to command a US Navy warship, the USS Rushmore and the first to achieve a three star rank. She was in command of the anti-terror strike force which rescued Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates following the attack on the Maersk Alabama. Admiral Howard currently serves as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy.
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Indeed well deserved congratulations on this proposed promotion. One thing about this current Administration it has opened up higher level positions to Black Americans. While we must always be careful to promote on ability too often in the past this group of our fellow Americans tended to be passed over.
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Thanks for posting! I hope to see more well qualified women in these to high level positions.
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