{"id":107893,"date":"2020-12-05T13:37:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T18:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=107893"},"modified":"2020-12-05T13:46:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T18:46:24","slug":"1st-black-female-brigade-commander-at-naval-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=107893","title":{"rendered":"1st Black Female Brigade Commander At Naval Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMidshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber<\/em><\/p>\n

The Annapolis student body is called The Brigade, and is headed by a 1st Class midshipman who has been chosen for outstanding leadership performance to be Brigade Commander. In this case she is responsible for much of the Brigade\u2019s day-to-day activities, as well as professional training of other midshipmen.<\/p>\n

Congratulations, young lady. The competition for the semester long position is tight- 30 applicants are screened and ranked by Academy Senior Leadership, among other hoops.<\/p>\n

Ex-PH2 sends.<\/p>\n

FIRST BLACK FEMALE TO LEAD BRIGADE OF MIDSHIPMEN<\/h3>\n

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Commandant of Midshipmen announced the spring semester midshipman leadership positions, Friday, Nov. 6, which includes the selection of the Naval Academy\u2019s first African American female brigade commander, Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber, of Lake Forest, Ill.<\/p>\n

The brigade commander is the highest leadership position within the brigade, and is the only “six striper”– a reference to the collar insignia worn on the midshipman uniform, the rank of midshipman captain. The semester-long position is currently held by Midshipman 1st Class Ryan Chapman and is selected through an application and interview process by senior leadership from the Commandant’s staff.<\/p>\n

The first female brigade commander was then Midshipman 1st Class Juliane Gallina from the class of 1992, who served in the position during the fall of 1991. Barber will be the sixteenth woman selected for brigade commander in the 44 years women have been attending the Naval Academy.<\/p>\n

Barber, a graduate of Lake Forest High School in Illinois, is a mechanical engineering major and aspires to commission as a Marine Corps ground officer. As a walk-on sprinter and hurdler of the Navy Women\u2019s Varsity Track and Field team, she has lettered all three years of competing and is a USNA record holder for the outdoor 4x400m relay. She is the co-president of the Navy Fellowship of Christian Athletes Club, secretary for the National Society of Black Engineers, and a member of the USNA Gospel Choir and Midshipman Black Studies Club. Barber served as the 13th company\u2019s executive officer this past Plebe Summer and currently serves as the brigade\u2019s 1st regiment executive officer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the rest here: USNA.edu<\/a>
\nResearching Ex’s tip led me to articles from several of the usual suspects, which quickly devolved her achievement into talking points on America’s dark past and still prevalent racism. USNA provided the most balanced report, even if the six stripes are not collar devices as they state.
\nThanks, Ex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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