(U.S. Army Spc. Andrew J ... (U.S. Army Sgt. Elizabeth White) But their job is important, and most corporals are appointed to that rank because higher leadership knows that they'll take it ...

became the first Black to hold star rank in the U.S ... including duty as the military attache to Liberia, were designed to avoid putting Davis in command of White troops or officers.

are almost entirely white and male. Of the 41 most senior commanders in the military — those with four-star rank in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard — only two are black: Gen ...