The Commanders: Admirals and Generals in the United States Military, 1940-
General Vincent K. Brooks Reviewing UN Troops in South Korea, 2017
The Commanders: Admirals and Generals in the United States Military, 1940-
United States
Four Star Navy Admirals
Navy Admiral Cecil Haney was born into a struggling family in “humble…
Michelle J. Howard is the first African American woman to command a Navy…
Other Admirals
Joycelyn Elders, the former U.S. Surgeon General, was born Minnie Lee Jones in Schaal, Arkansas on…
Samuel Lee Gravely Jr. was a highly decorated Navy officer who pioneered…
Dr. Regina Marcia Benjamin, President Barack Obama’s nominee for Surgeon General of…
Lillian E. Fishburne, the first African American woman to become a Rear…
David Satcher, physician, educator, and administrator, was born in Anniston, Alabama, on March 2, 1941…
Former Naval officer Gerald Eustis Thomas served as United States Ambassador to Guyana and Kenya. Born in Natick, Massachusetts, on…
Audrey Forbes Manley, who would eventually be acting Surgeon General of the…
Four Star Army Generals
Roscoe Robinson Jr., the first African American four-star general in the U.S.…
Johnnie Wilson is a retired Four-Star United States Army General. His generous service…
Larry R. Ellis served as a general in the United States military from 1969…
Other Army Generals
Hazel Johnson was the first African American woman to become a general…
Lieutenant General Julius Wesley Becton Jr. was born on June 29, 1926…
Dr. John Quill Taylor King Sr., U.S. Army general and college president,…
Francis Xavier Taylor is a senior military leader, intelligence and security expert,…
Russel L. Honoré is a three-star general known for his relief work during Hurricane Katrina.…
Andrew Phillip Chambers, Jr., was a retired Lieutenant General in the United…
Calvin Augustine Hoffman Waller was a United States Army officer who rose to prominence…
U.S. Army Officer Joe Nathan Ballard was born on March 27, 1942, in Meeker, Louisiana.…
Four Star Air Force Generals
Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr. was born February 11, 1920 to parents Daniel…
Four-star general and precision flier Lloyd W. Newton was born December 24,…
Air Force 4-star General Darren W. McDew was born in Rantoul, Illinois, on September…
Retired 4-star Air Force General Edward A. Rice, Jr. was raised in Yellow Springs,…
Larry Spencer is a retired Air Force 4-star General who began his military…
Bernard P. Randolph, career Air Force officer, was born on July 10,…
Air Force General Lester Lyles was born on April 20, 1946, in Washington, D.C.…
Other Air Force Generals
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. followed in the footsteps of his trail blazing…
Major General Marcelite J. Harris of the U.S. Air Force was born on January…
Lieutenant General William E. Brown, Jr. is a former United States Air Force pilot,…
Born January 17, 1942 in Columbus, Georgia, Albert J. Edmonds was a career…
Retired Lt. General John D. Hopper was born in Clarksville, Tennessee in 1947. He…
Four Star Marine Generals
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Four Star Marine Generals
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Lieutenant General Frank E. Petersen Jr., the first black general in the…
J. Gary Cooper, military, government, and business leader, was appointed United States…
The Coast Guard: Admirals
In July 1998, Erroll Mingo Brown became the first African American admiral…
State Adjutant Generals
The State Adjutant General (TAG) is the de facto commander of a state’s military forces including the Army National Guard, Air Force National Guard, the naval militia, and all other state defense forces in peacetime. The Adjutant General is usually appointed by the governor of a state. Listed below are the individuals who have served in this capacity along with their respective states and the dates of their appointment.
Lieutenant General Daniel James III became the first African American to be…
Major General Errol R. Schwartz, the first black adjutant general for the District…
Very little is known about Major General Michael Calhoun’s childhood beyond the…
Joseph C. Carter was an accomplished individual with a blemished past. Carter…
Other Army National Guard Generals
Owen Monconduit is a retired brigadier general in the United States Army, who,…
Brigadier General Julia Jeter Cleckley was the first African American female General…
Brigadier General Walter John Whitfield was the first African American General in…
Other Air National Guard Generals
James Whitehead, Jr., the first African American Lockheed U2 pilot, was born in…
Jackson L. Davis III, M.D., is a retired Brigadier General in the Air…
Other Uniformed Services
Through her work in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Evelyn…
Other Nations
China
Edward A. Carter Jr. was a career non-commissioned officer for the United…
Egypt
France
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was a mulatto born in the French colony of Saint…
Alfred-Amédée Dodds, one of the ablest French army generals in the late…
Haiti
Reviled for his brutality yet honored as one of the founding fathers…
Henri Christophe was a military leader in the Haitian Revolution as well…
Toussaint L’Ouverture was a former slave who rose to become the leader…
Italy
As a six-year-old boy named Quetto, Michele Amatore witnessed his village of Commi…
The heroic soldier and trusted personal assistant of the revered Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi…
Liberia
Joseph Jenkins Roberts was the first (1848-1856) and seventh (1872-1876) president of…
Poland
The astonishing appearance of a high-ranking Black military officer in late 18th…
Russia
Sold into Turkish slavery, Abram Petrovich Hannibal was brought as a black…
The details of the birth and appearance of Russian shipbuilder and military…
South Africa (The Zulu Empire)
Shaka Zulu established the Zulu Empire and revolutionized warfare in Southern Africa…
Venezuela
A military officer in Venezuelan war for independence against Spanish rule, General…
Born March 19, 1784 in the northern coastal territory of La Guajira,…
