Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Defense Secretary has been released from the hospital following treatment for prostate cancer
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III was released today from Walter Reed Military Hospital, where he has been treated for prostate cancer, a disease that affects large numbers of Black men. Dr. John Maddox, Trauma Medical Director, and Dr. Gregory Chesnut, Director of the Center for Prostate Disease Research at the Murtha Cancer Center, both of…
Read MoreHero sailor has a ship named after him, but it wasn’t the Navy Cross or Medal of Honor that he deserved
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro recently announced that the future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer DDG-142 would be renamed USS Charles J. French in honor of Navy Mess Specialist 1st Class Petty Officer Charles Jackson French, who saved members of his crew by tying a raft’s rope around his waist and swimming through shark-infested…
Read MoreDefense Secretary Austin undergoes surgery for prostate cancer
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin, III, was recently hospitalized for a routine procedure, but he returned days later and was admitted for treatment of prostate cancer, a disease that affects large numbers of Black men, mostly over 65. Austin is 70. Secretary Austin was admitted to Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on…
Read MoreNew chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army General Mark A. Milley transferred the Joint Chiefs to Four Star Air Force General Charles O. Brown Jr. last week. General Brown was the second Black man to be named Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Army General Colin Powell was the first Black man to hold the post. He was the 12th…
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