A Georgia mother was on her way to volunteer at a summer feeding program for children when she was pulled over by three cop cars and told to get out of the vehicle. Little did she know, it was all an elaborate ruse orchestrated by her son, Army staff Sergeant Salomon Robinson, who was returning […]
Many may lay claim to the “Black Panthers” name, but the 761st Tank Battalion of World War II, were one of the first groups to use it. The tank unit is considered by the U.S. Army as the first Black armed tank unit to enter combat during World War II. The 761st was comprised of […]
Fay Allen went from working as a nurse in London to becoming a historical figure after she was selected as the United Kingdom’s first Black policewoman. Ms. Allen’s achievement was met with resistance in her adopted nation, but she still served as an inspiration for many. Born Sislin Fay Allen in 1939, the Jamaican native […]
The late Dr. John Withers was an Army lieutenant during World War II who risked his career and a chance at furthering his education after he helped two Polish-Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. Withers’ compassion saved the lives of the boys, and he was reunited with one of them much later in life. Withers was […]
Lt. Gen. Nadja West has amassed several milestones in her 33-year Army career. She was sworn in last week as the first Black U.S. Army Surgeon General, and owns the distinction of being the highest-ranking woman ever to graduate from the West Point military academy. Born in 1961, the Washington, D.C. native graduated from West […]
Martha Settle Putney was one of the first Black women to join the Women’s Army Corps during World War II. After the ending of the war, Putney became a historian and author who notably focused on the contributions of African-Americans in the military. Putney was born Martha Settle on November 9, 1916 in Norristown, Pa. […]
Jeanine Menze, also known as Jeanine McIntosh-Menze, is the first Black woman to become a pilot for the United States Coast Guard military branch. Lieutenant Menze is just one of two Black women pilots in the entire Coast Guard. Menze was born in Kingston, Jamaica and moved with her family to Canada before they […]
World War I hero Henry Johnson was finally awarded the nation’s highest military honor by President Barack Obama on Tuesday, nearly a century after his daring feat. Johnson fought off two dozen German soldiers with just a gun and a knife, suffering multiple wounds before causing the advancing forces to retreat. Johnson, a Virginia […]
Clarence E. Huntley Jr. & Joseph Shambrey, who both served as part of the elite all-Black Tuskegee Airmen force, died this past Sunday at their Los Angeles homes. Lifelong friends who enlisted into the Army Air Force together, Huntley (pictured) and Shambrey were both 91. Huntley and Shambrey were both air mechanics for the […]
General Colin Powell may have been retired for 22 years, but he still understand the life of a soldier. Who better to talk to on Veteran’s Day when we celebrate the accomplishments and sacrifices our our men and women in uniform. “It’s very moving for the nation to pause on Veteran’s Day and pay […]
Maj. Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell is the United States Air Force’s first Black fighter pilot, realizing a dream she’s been focused on since she was a little girl. Major Kimbrell knew when she was in the fourth grade that she wanted to be amongst the world’s most elite fighters initially considering becoming an astronaut, but then […]
Want to go natural? Then don’t plan on joining the U.S. Army. Outrage has followed a new Army mandate that prohibits hairstyles commonly identified with African-American hairstyles, including Afros, locs and twists. Identified as “Army Regulation 670-1,” the rule calls for a ban of hairstyles done in “twists, dreadlocks, afros and braids more than a […]
