Posted on 11/17/2015 1:09:37 PM PST by Theoria
President Barack Obama could be close to nominating the first-ever woman to become the head of a military combatant command, Pentagon sources tell NPR.
The U.S. military divides the world into areas of responsibility run by four-star generals and admirals, but none has ever been female. Obama wants to change that before the end of his term, Pentagon sources say, by naming a woman to take command of U.S. Northern Command, which also runs the well-known North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD.
NORAD and NorthCom are charged with defending the U.S., including scrambling Air Force fighters to respond to the recent intrusions by Russian bombers near American airspace. There's talk that its current commander, Navy Adm. Bill Gortney, could be retiring before his term is up at the end of next year, which would create the opportunity to make history with a female commander.
Two names on the shortlist are Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson, who now commands U.S. Air Forces in the Pacific, and Adm. Michelle Howard, who today serves as the vice chief of the Navy.
Robinson was the first woman to lead a major Air Force component command, and served as a senior air battle manager aboard an E-3 Sentry airborne early warning aircraft and the E-8 JSTARS — essentially responsible for command and control of combat missions, as well as surveillance.
Howard, meanwhile, is the number two officer in charge of running the day-to-day operations of the Navy. She made her way into popular culture when she ran the Navy's anti-pirate task force off East Africa back in 2009 and was portrayed (at least over the radio) in the movie "Captain Phillips," ordering a Navy destroyer to respond to a hijacking by Somali pirates.
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Female, or cross-dresser?
Obama found a homosexual leftist female commander that fast ?
I read the headline and thought “Janet Reno”?
Obama will impose a “woman” who supports Islamic terror.
lol-The Obama build-up for war.
Must ask again: total incompetent or diabolical game-changer?
European Defense Ministers.
Anything to degrade, damage, or destroy these United States of America.
I NOMINATE LINDSEY GRAHAM. That should have ISIS cowering in their boots.
After which 0bama outlaws actual Combat.
I’m sure Obama’s ideal candidate would be black pregnant lesbian. Her assignment would be to review the troops daily.
Skills, knowledge, experience and capability be darned. . .they fade in importance with PC agendas like lesbians and sex.
Come on Travis. . .time for another book. . .(I’m waiting. . . .)
Sometimes I really wonder if we deserve to survive as a nation and a people ...
Is Mitch Rapp your work?
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