WASHINGTON -- U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael Langley was promoted to the rank of general in a ceremony Saturday, becoming the first Black four-star general in the military branch's 246-year ...
Retired Master Gunnery Sergeant Carroll Braxton is walking, talking, Black history. Born in 1924 in Manassas, Virginia, ...
Retired Marine Colonel Gilda A. Jackson reflects on her groundbreaking journey as the first African American woman to reach that rank in the Marine Corps. From enlisting at 17 to leading Marines and ...