{"id":111088,"date":"2021-03-05T12:30:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T17:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=111088"},"modified":"2021-03-05T11:32:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T16:32:50","slug":"usmcs-new-brigadier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=111088","title":{"rendered":"USMC’s New Brigadier"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Col.<\/p>\n

Col. Anthony Henderson, a combat-tested Iraq and Afghanistan veteran, is being promoted to brigadier general. <\/span>Photo <\/span>Credit: <\/span>Lance Cpl. Tyler Byther\/United States Marine Corps.<\/span><\/p>\n

This Marine gets his BG star, and the individual reporting it can only seem to address is the fact that he\u2019s black.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/04\/us\/politics\/marine-corps-black-general.html<\/a><\/p>\n

From the article:\u00a0 One story about Colonel Henderson from that time has already become the stuff of legend among the Marines who fought beside him in Garmsir.<\/p>\n

They recall the time that Colonel Henderson, after losing radio contact, climbed to the top of a local house to look for his Marines, drew fire from the Taliban, and did a \u201ccombat roll\u201d flip off the roof to avoid a rocket-propelled grenade, landing on his feet on the ground. That story electrified Marines fighting in Afghanistan at the time, and has been told and retold. – article<\/p>\n

There are very likely many other such stories bout BG Henderson that we will never know, unless we happen to run into him or someone who served under him. I would love to hear more of his war stories. That makes him more interesting than some desk jockey like me.<\/p>\n

But to focus on only one thing about him, instead of on his accomplishments is just plain lame reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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