HURLBURT FIELD — After almost two years as base commander of Hurlburt Field, with 32 years of service, U.S. Air Force Col. Allison Black is retiring from active duty. On Friday, base officials, airmen ...

Nearly 60 years after he was first recommended for the nation’s highest military award for his bravery during the Vietnam War, retired Col. Paris Davis, one of the first Black officers to lead a ...

On Aug. 2, Army Col. Sharon Harmon retired after almost four decades of service. In 2022, Harmon made history when she became the first Black soldier to achieve the rank of colonel in the Rhode Island ...

Col. Sharon Harmon, center, is the first Black service member to be promoted to colonel in the Rhode Island National Guard. (Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee/Twitter) EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode ...

Col. Paris Davis’s nomination in 1965, for saving three teammates while injured in battle, hit a wall. It was revived in recent years. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs WASHINGTON — Nearly 60 years after one of ...

CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — Last year, Col. Sharon Harmon made history when she became the first Black person to achieve the rank of colonel in the Rhode Island National Guard. But for Harmon, the ...

Baltimore County will have a Black police chief for the first time if the county council approves County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.’s nominee, retired county police Col. Robert McCullough.