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Navy has its first female four-star admiral
Associated Press ^ | Jul 1, 2014 6:41 PM EDT

Posted on 07/01/2014 5:20:29 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The Navy has its first female four-star admiral.

She is Michelle Janine Howard, promoted on Tuesday to the service’s highest rank. […]

She will serve as the vice chief of naval operations, which makes her the No. 2 admiral in the Navy behind Adm. Jonathan Greenert, the chief of naval operations. …

(Excerpt) Read more at hosted.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: admiralmichelle; ladyadmiral
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1 posted on 07/01/2014 5:20:29 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Let me guess.


2 posted on 07/01/2014 5:22:51 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: yarddog

Don’t be so crass.

Looks to be a 3’fer.....


3 posted on 07/01/2014 5:24:49 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Olog-hai

African American...What a surprise!!


4 posted on 07/01/2014 5:25:40 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: yarddog

Are you sure you didn’t look? ;-)


5 posted on 07/01/2014 5:25:48 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Olog-hai

Her promotions came pretty fast when Obama showed up


6 posted on 07/01/2014 5:25:50 PM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Olog-hai

Hopefully it is transgendered too!


7 posted on 07/01/2014 5:26:40 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: molson209

Among her many distinctions, Howard in 1999 became the first African-American woman to command a Navy ship.
You think?


8 posted on 07/01/2014 5:27:16 PM PDT by timeflies
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To: Sacajaweau

Oh great. Another Affirmative Action appointee. Now if she’s only a lesbo, that will make it a trifecta.


9 posted on 07/01/2014 5:28:12 PM PDT by Zman516 (Thought-Criminal #1)
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To: Olog-hai
yippee.
10 posted on 07/01/2014 5:29:29 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Olog-hai
Usually the senior leaders of the Navy have experience with senior fleet leadership . . such as CINCPACFLT. Seems to be missing here.
11 posted on 07/01/2014 5:29:37 PM PDT by BAW (Remind me what Richard Nixon did that was so bad he had to resign as president.)
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To: Zman516

She may have balls.


12 posted on 07/01/2014 5:30:07 PM PDT by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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To: Zman516

I think that is probably a good bet, actually.


13 posted on 07/01/2014 5:32:38 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: yarddog

Yuh know, I take my comment back.

She’s actually quite accomplished, has lineage and is also married to a Marine(ret).

I won’t ask the AM to pull my post either.


14 posted on 07/01/2014 5:32:42 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: JimSEA

I still haven’t looked.


15 posted on 07/01/2014 5:32:45 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: Olog-hai

Come on Guys lay off, she actually earned her way to the top and did not demand promotions because she was a Women, I remember her when I was in and truth be told she seemed very Conservative as quite as it was kept. Now i can speak on many others Women in the Officer’s Corp, but I can tell you she earned hers thru hard work unlike many other Politically Correct Chicksh!t Officers.


16 posted on 07/01/2014 5:32:56 PM PDT by Trueblackman (As a Conservative, I am proud to be on the Obama's enemy list and on the right side of history..)
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To: umgud

Bet she can’t swim.


17 posted on 07/01/2014 5:33:32 PM PDT by batterycommander (We will likely still be Majors, passed over twice, sitting in dimly-lit offices in the Pentagon.)
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To: Zman516
She's married, according to her bio...however..that doesn't necessarily mean anything..

I can't say that she has command presence..but heck, neither does that ass wipe Martin Dempsey..

18 posted on 07/01/2014 5:33:57 PM PDT by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: Olog-hai
Black Marxist Muslim gay illegal alien..

Oh wait, THAT'S Obama. As for her, umm...

19 posted on 07/01/2014 5:34:15 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: molson209

She went fro commander to 4 star admiral in 15 years. That tells me the promotions boards are more interested in advancing a minority than finding qualified candidates.


20 posted on 07/01/2014 5:35:34 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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