4-star general rank promotion for African American Marines
(MENAFN) Gen. Michael E. Langley, the first African American to hold a four-star rank in the Marine Corps, credited his father for encouraging him to " aim high" and expected that his promotion on Saturday could have an effect on younger people.
Langley was raised on military bases because his father was an Air Force officer. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He received his degree from the University of Texas at Arlington and joined the Marines in 1985 as a second lieutenant.
During a ceremony at the Marine Corps Barracks in Washington, Langley made the statement in front of his father and other family members, “my daddy told me to aim high, so I aimed as high as I could and found the few and the proud.”
The Marine Corps, which has origins dating back to 1775, initially denied letting Black men into its ranks. This changed after the attack on the United States air base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in 1941 and the United States’ entry into World War II.
Langley was raised on military bases because his father was an Air Force officer. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He received his degree from the University of Texas at Arlington and joined the Marines in 1985 as a second lieutenant.
During a ceremony at the Marine Corps Barracks in Washington, Langley made the statement in front of his father and other family members, “my daddy told me to aim high, so I aimed as high as I could and found the few and the proud.”
The Marine Corps, which has origins dating back to 1775, initially denied letting Black men into its ranks. This changed after the attack on the United States air base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in 1941 and the United States’ entry into World War II.
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