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"Think big. Feel good about yourselves. Think positive, and encourage others to do likewise," retired Army Maj. Gen. Eugene R. Cromartie advised students during the Defense Department's African- American History Month observance luncheon here at Florida A&M University. Cromartie was commissioned through the university's ROTC program, and is the first inductee into FAMU's ROTC Hall of Fame. He is the only FAMU graduate to become a general officer. He is deputy executive director and chief of staff of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. His last military assignment was as commander of the Army's Criminal Investigation Command. "I came...