Military
Trump fires Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff. Trump did not give a reason for his dismissal
President Donald Trump Friday fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown after two-and-a-half years on the job. “I want to thank General Charles ‘CQ’ Brown as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with more than 40 years of service.” Brown was a fighter pilot. “He is a fine gentleman and…
Read MoreHundreds Attend Airman Roger Fortson’s funeral
Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues joined Roger Fortson‘s family, friends, and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch on Friday to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home earlier this month by a sheriff’s deputy. People lined up well before the start of…
Read MoreSenior Airman killed by police will be buried Friday
Air Force senior Airman Roger Fortson, who police shot to death in his own apartment, will be buried Friday in New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia. Forston’s body arrived at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Tuesday afternoon and was escorted from the plane by the Delta Honor Guard, according to his obituary. A public viewing…
Read MoreThe 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 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 MoreBlacks continue to push for nuclear disarmament
 The film “Oppenheimer†which opened in theaters Friday, shows J. Robert Oppenheimer, who oversaw the Manhattan Project, which created the atomic bomb, struggling with his creation and later proclaiming that he had “blood on his hands.†This follows President Harry Truman ordering atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, killing more than 240,000 people.…
Read MoreFort Polk changes name from a Confederate general to a Black Medal of Honor recipient
Fort Polk, which was named after Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk, a Confederate commander who wanted Black people to remain enslaved, has now been renamed Fort William Henry Johnson. Johnson was a Black man and a World War I Medal of Honor recipient. But Johnson often wondered for whom he was fighting since Black men were called ‘niggers,’…
Read MoreJoe Biden selects a fighter pilot as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
President Joe Biden has named Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Quinton Brown Jr., a Black Airforce fighter pilot as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs Staff. He will succeed American General Mark Milley, according to multiple reports. General Milley is scheduled to retire in October. If confirmed by the Senate, Brown would become the…
Read MoreThe inspiration for “Hotel Rwanda” has been pardoned
Paul Rusesabagina who inspired the Hollywood film “Hotel Rwanda,†was released from prison in Rwanda after his 25-year sentence was commuted Friday by the country’s President Paul Kagame. He was arrested by Rwandan authorities while he was traveling internationally in 2020 along with 20 others. All were charged with acts of terrorism. Rusesabagia was sentenced…
Read MoreFinally, an honor for Vietnam War veteran
President Joe Biden on Friday awarded the Medal of Honor to retired Army Colonel Paris Davis, some sixty years after his superior officers recommended him for the nation’s highest honor. However, the Army lost the recommendations twice, and some believe racism may have played a role. President Biden draped the Metal of Honor around Davis,…
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