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People and Events LARRY SPENCER PROMOTED
TO FOUR-STAR GENERAL On July 27, 2012, Larry O. Spencer was promoted to the rank of general. Spencer is now the vice chief of staff of the United States Air Force. One of Spencer’s many ac- colades is his Career Achievement Award he received at the 2010 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) STEM Con- ference. He continues his work with the Air Force chief of staff organizing, training and equipping close to 700,000 active duty, Guard, Reserve and Civilian forces. Spen- cer graduated from
Southern Illinois with a bachelor of science degree in 1979. He was then commissioned through officer training school in 1980 as a distinguished graduate.
FIRST BLACK FEMALE 3-STAR OFFICER Michelle Howard, graduate of the United States Naval
Academy, is now the first African-American woman to reach the rank of three-star officer. This great honor is just one more thing that she can add to her list of “firsts.” In 1999, Vice Admiral Howard became the first African-American woman to command a warship, and in 2009, she was the first African-American woman to command an expedition- ary strike group, against Somali pirates in the Ara- bian Sea. Howard serves as deputy commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command.
6 USBE&IT I WINTER 2012
by Rayondon J. Kennedy
editors@ccgmag.com
GENERAL VIA, NOW COMMANDING
GENERAL OF ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND On Aug. 7, 2012, Gen. Dennis Via became the sixth Afri- can-American in the history of the Army to be promoted to the rank of four-star general. He is also the first signal officer to the rank of a four-star (general). During his promotion ceremony, Via took command of the Army Materiel Command (AMC). He took over command from his predecessor, Gen. Ann Dunwoody. Via began his journey to four-star general when he graduated from Vir- ginia State University as a distinguished military gradu- ate in 1980. He received his
commission as a second lieutenant in the Signal Corps.
KAREN BURROWS APPOINTED TO THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
Karen Burrows was selected to the federal Senior Executive Service (SES) in April 2012. Burrows has 29 years of experi- ence in the Department of Defense. She serves as the deputy for Weapons Safety at the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and is executive director of Na- val Ordinance Safety and Security, a NAVSEA field activity. Burrows is also chairwoman of the Depart- ment of the Navy’s Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board, which oversees safety compliance of all Navy and Marine Corps munitions, ordnance
items, weapons and combat systems prior to fielding to operation forces. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering.
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