Lieutenant General Nadja West became the first African American appointed Army Surgeon General and the first African American woman to attain three-star general officer rank.
The daughter of a Navy steward, Dr. Connie Mariano, born in the Philippines, joined the U.S. Navy Medical Corps in 1978 and graduated from the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine in 1981. In June 1992, Dr. Mariano became the first…
LaRita (Bly) Aragon, of Choctaw and Cherokee heritage, enlisted in the Oklahoma Air National Guard in 1979 as a single mother with a master’s degree in education and guidance. She received her commission in 1981 after graduating from the Academy of…
Born into a military family, Michelle Howard graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1982, where she was one of only seven African American women. During Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991), she served aboard the USS "Mount Hood" as chief…