Welcome back to another General Discharge video! By popular demand, here is an overview of the U.S. Army Airborne Jump School ...

In 1940, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first Black person to achieve the rank of brigadier general in the US Army. His son, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., followed in his footsteps by joining the ...

Major General Mitchell Kilgo’s career-from HBCU football star to Army Deputy Inspector General-is now Hall of Fame-worthy.

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US Army Lieutenant General Telita Crosland, who heads the military's health agency and is one of the most senior Black female ...

Black Americans have historically been overrepresented in military combat, facing greater risks and less support than their ...

So he was the only black officer , uh , in the United States military until his son , Ben Davis junior , graduated from West Point in 1936. And when he graduated , they were the only two black ...

In 1940, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first Black person to achieve the rank of brigadier general in the US Army. His son, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., later commanded the famed Tuskegee Airmen.

Davis Sr. was the first African American general in the United States Army. ... In 1960, he became the first Black brigadier general in the US Air Force. He retired a decade later.

Determined to succeed, they became America’s first Black generals. In 1940, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first Black person to achieve the rank of brigadier general in the US Army.