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The rank of brigadier general has existed in the U.S. military since the inception of the Continental Army in June 1775. To prevent mistakes in recognizing officers, a general order was issued on July 14, 1775, establishing that brigadier generals would wear a ribbon, worn across the breast, between coat and waistcoat, pink in color. [1]
In 1940, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first Black person to achieve the rank of brigadier general in the US Army. His son, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., later commanded the famed Tuskegee Airmen. In ...
Deputy Chief of Staff for Cyber (G-6) Military Deputy to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Command, Control, Communications, Cyber Operations and Networks (G-6) Army Staff: Major General Robert S. Powell Jr. [66] U.S. Army: Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs (G-8) Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for ...
In February, Lloyd J. Austin III – a former Army general who now is secretary of defense, the first Black man to serve in the post – ordered commanders and supervisors to take an operational ...
Racial discrimination in the U.S. military was officially opposed by Harry S. Truman's Executive Order 9981 in 1948. The goal was equality of treatment and opportunity. Jon Taylor says, "The wording of the Executive Order was vague because it neither mentioned segregation or integration." [1] [2] Racial segregation was ended in the mid-1950s. [3]
Kansas’ favorite son fought for, not against, the United States. So long, Fort Gordon. | Opinion
The Army Equal Employment Opportunity Program (EEO) is a U.S. Army mandated program designed "to prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, reprisal, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a parent, or other impermissible basis, and to promote the full realization of EEO through a continuing diversity and inclusion ...
He appointed Mattis, a retired four-star general to head the Pentagon; his chief of staff John Kelly was another retired four-star general, and two of his national security advisers were three ...