Posts Tagged ‘ General ’

Black History Month We Salute General William E. Kip Ward, U.s. Commander, United States Africa Command

June 29, 2010

During Black History Month we salute all of our military men and women serving our country. On January 30, 2010, CNN conducted a live interview with General William E. Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, discussing his experiences as the only black four-star general currently serving in the U.S. military. “I look at it...
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Lieutenant General Russell Honor?, The Badge of Military Rescue and Evacuation of New Orleans

June 9, 2010

New Orleans, August 2005: ‘We’re on a rescue mission, damn it,’ barked Lieutenant General Russell HonorĂ© to a soldier standing with a gun. It was a very tense and very hot August day in the South. General HonorĂ© volunteered for the mission. He flew by chopper from Georgia to Louisiana as soon as he...
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