Rear Admiral Michelle J. Howard tapped for Promotion

The demure, but tough talking female admiral became the first African American woman to command a ship in the US Navy on March 12, 1999. Little did she know that a decade later she’d be at the helm of halting the rise of piracy along the coast of east Africa. “Our job is to fight and win the nation’s wars,” RADM Howard told Women of Color magazine in 2008. RADM Howard received the 2008 Women of Color Career Achievement award for her stellar service to the people of the United States.

Source: Black Engineer

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