Adams, who had been the highest-ranking Black ... officer class of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC, later simply WAC). By the time she reached Fort Des Moines for basic officer training ...

Black men enlist for the Fort Des Moines' Officer Training Camp ... Fort Des Moines also hosted the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Two of the highest-ranking Black women — Charity Adams and ...

Black people and women were more likely to be dismissed from the Maryland Army National Guard Officer ... soldier at OCS being forced to wear chains in 2015 as a punishment for leaving a training ...

151; -- For the first time in its nearly 250-year history, the United States Marine Corps will have a female infantry officer ... soldiers became the first women to graduate from Army Ranger ...

If confirmed, Marine Corps Col. Lorna M. Mahlock will be the first black ... its first female infantry officer. The woman, who wished to be unnamed, was the first female to finish training for ...

In May 2016, 2nd Lts. Virginia Brodie and Katherine Boy made history as the first female Marine artillery officers to ...

The Marine Corps is on track to graduate its first female Marine infantry officer from its notoriously ... is considered one of the most grueling training course in the Corps and among the most ...