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Dedicated to Black Soldiers *Knowledge Thread*

CPT Callamity

CPT Callamity

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To all the soldiers on the board,

I don't care where you served, as long as you did. The African American soldier has proven him/herself time and time again. So in dedication to our unspoken of heroes...here's some knowledge. Feel free to add more...

General Russel L. Honore
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I was in Korea when he was Commanding General of 2nd ID. I give this "African-American Creole" brotha props because he went to NO (his home too) and told all of those soldiers and policeman to put their guns down. He took charge and chewed ass. My type of leader. Read up on him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russel_L._Honoré

Wallace Terry
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He wasn't a soldier but he was an African American journalist who told the story of black Americans in Vietnam. His book Ed Bradley while you're at it.
Reporting the War - Wallace Terry

Shaka Zulu
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I didn't mean to break out the spears and shield, but this dude was the truth. He revolutionized warfare. If street dudes thought the way he did, we'd be on a different plateau. Read for yourself...


Buffalo Soldiers
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They saved Roosevelt's ass...period. Even on horses we were ridin with a purpose. While you're on that sight...might as well check out the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.
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If you've seen Glory then you probably got mad when they didn't take Wagner. I thought they would have.

Tuskegee_Airmen

http://www.tuskegeeairmen.org/Tuskegee_Airmen_History.html
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Greatest pilots in history. No one fended off the German fighters like they did. They were the first human's IMHO that could ever use the word "haters" and I wouldn't get mad at them.

The Redball Express
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The Red Ball Express was a massive convoy effort to supply the Allied armies moving through Europe. It was the most important factor in the rapid defeat of the German Army.
Baddest Muthatruckers in WWII...period.
 
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I'll do you all the honors on the roasting however...

Collin: Now Hold on a minute...
Obama: shut up nigga, be cool...
 
Doesn't Matter - Godofwine

We served together
Bullets sailing by us.
We survived another day
I guess God must have been with us
But he took some of our brothers with him
Guess he needed them to come home
The streetlights came out in heaven
The universal sign that it's time to go
I protect your six,
you watch out for mine
Keeping our heads down together
Staying out of the line of fire
Making it back to base when we can
Is the thing we look forward to
We look at each other and smile
Another day we can look forward to
You protect me, I protect you regardless
It's the way it has always been
The one thing that doesn't matter between brothers in war
Is what color of the other's skin

Dedicated to all my fellow Sailors, Marines, Soldiers, and Air Force men & women that have died in the war
 
Congressional Black Caucus fight the wrong battles!:confused:

Caucus concerned over lack of black officers
By Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Monday, October 8, 2007

WASHINGTON — Less than 6 percent of the military’s flag officers are black, and the Congressional Black Caucus believes the services are ignoring a brewing crisis caused by a lack of diversity among its leaders.

Members of the caucus are calling for congressional hearings on minority representation in the military’s highest ranks after discussions with service leaders produced no new programs or strategies to address the issue.

“This is 2007 … and yet we have only one black four-star general,” said Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla. “This military has to do a lot more work to truly diversify itself.”

According to Department of Defense statistics, blacks make up just more than 17 percent of the military, but account for just 5.8 percent of the services’ O-7s through O-10s. The only black four-star general is Gen. William “Kip” Ward, recently named head of the new Africa Command.

Of the 929 flag officers across the services, 818 of them — 88 percent — are white males.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, said the lack of minorities at the highest levels sends a poor message to younger troops.

“There is a sense of outrage at the lack of opportunity in the military today,” she said. “What is happening is that young African-Americans are missing the opportunity to have heroes in their lives.”

Caucus members said they want the military to launch a mentoring program for young minority officers, so senior personnel can give them advice and make sure they are receiving appropriate assignments for promotion.

Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., said she also wants the department to closely review the officer ranks to see if minority candidates worthy of promotion are being passed over.

“If we had the will, there would be a way,” she said. “There are diamonds in the rough right now within our military, that if cultivated properly, that if given the guidance about how one becomes an officer, would certainly do so.”

In a statement, Defense Department spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Withington said military officials are taking the issue seriously, but promised no immediate action.

“The department took the caucus’ concerns and recommendations and will review their feasibility,” he said.

In the enlisted ranks, blacks and other minorities are more likely to take on leadership roles. More than 25 percent of the total force’s E-7s through E-9s are black, and about 62 percent white.

In recent years the Department of Defense has boosted minority scholarships in the service academies and launched new programs to increase minority involvement in ROTC and junior ROTC.

Caucus members praised those efforts, but said the force cannot wait 30 years for those young recruits to advance before addressing the problem.

“Yes, to the extent we can fill the lower ranks, the higher ranks will be filled,” said Rep. Robert Scott, D-Va. “But there has been a disturbing leveling off among the upper ranks in the last few years. We need to make sure there’s nothing wrong with the system now.”
 
samh32 said:
Congressional Black Caucus fight the wrong battles!:confused:

Caucus concerned over lack of black officers
By Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Monday, October 8, 2007

Less than 6 percent of the military’s flag officers are black, and the Congressional Black Caucus believes the services are ignoring a brewing crisis caused by a lack of diversity among its leaders.
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The Army has always been the first example of integration out of all of the armed forces. It has always been 10% or less for black officers but the recent unpopular war is not attractive to many of them and they feel face discrimination by established Good Ole Boy systems. I know and so does most of the men who made the ranks of LTC, MAJ and CPT (myself). If the Army wants to correct the problem they can, but there are almost half of us in the ranks as NCO's and enlisted, with a lot more Sergeant Majors (Upper level managers) than in the civilian world comparably.
 
Why am I not surprised that Steelwill took it upon himself to post a white soldier in a thread dedicated to black soldiers.....



anyway too bad for the distraction. Good thread
 
CPT Callamity said:
The Army has always been the first example of integration out of all of the armed forces.

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Good point... during the Jim Crow south, many blacks made it a point to live on the army bases because they were fully protected from the separate but equal crap that might have occurred in the adjacent city. For example, black children of military members were had full access to the base hospital while there contemporaries could only go to the local hospitals segregated wing.

Excellent thread...

Don't forget General Benjamin Davis.
 
CPT Callamity said:
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I'll do you all the honors on the roasting however...

Collin: Now Hold on a minute...
Obama: shut up nigga, be cool...
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colin, why the hell you arguing with OBy? there wasn't anything to read really; just a lot of pictures. i know you like a lot of pics.
 
socrotize said:
the thread is about Black Soldiers you dim witted oxygen thief, not racist iraqi soldiers.

my choice is Nat Turner. he wasnt a soldier in the sense of chain of command and articles of war but he was a soldier none the less...

Nat Turner
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And my post was about how Black Soldiers are treated.
 
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MichaelTyler enlisted in the United States Army and served as a combat engineer detecting mines during Operation Desert Storm.

Mystikal's debut album, Mystikal, was released on local, New Orleans-based independent record label Big Boy Records in 1994. Mystikal's sister, Michelle Tyler, who sang the chorus on "Not That Nigga" was murdered (stabbed) by her boyfriend, Damion Neville (grandson of the Neville Brothers' Charles Neville), prior to the album's release. The songs "Dedicated To Michelle Tyler" and "Murder 2" on the Mind of Mystikal and Unpredictable albums, respectively, refer to Mystikal's sister's murder.

Mystikal signed to Jive Records and released Mind of Mystikal in 1995. The album sold well, and he signed to Master P's No Limit Records for Unpredictable in 1997. Unpredictable also sold well, and garnered Mystikal critical praise, though his real breakthrough was Let's Get Ready, released in 2000. Let's Get Ready contained "Danger (Been So Long)," which featured rising pop star Nivea, and was the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one single in June, 2001. The album also featured the popular, Neptunes-produced hit "Shake Ya Ass." Let's Get Ready debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200, making it Mystikal's only chart-topping album to date.

Mystikal's most recent solo release was the 2001 album Tarantula, which contained the hit single, "Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against The Wall)". Though it presented Mystikal's typical and unique flow style, the song also saw a blending of jazz and swing elements with hip-hop. The well received album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in 2003, and Mystikal was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance that same year.[2] Mystikal was also featured prominently in the single, "Move Bitch" by Ludacris as well as "I Don't Give a Fuck" by Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz along with Krayzie Bone, both in 2002.
 

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