Michelle Howard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Michelle Howard

United States Navy vice admiral

Date of Birth: 30-Apr-1960

Place of Birth: March Air Reserve Base, California, United States

Profession: military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Michelle Howard

  • Michelle Janine Howard (born April 30, 1960) is a retired United States Navy officer who last served as the commander of U.S.
  • Naval Forces Europe while she concurrently served as the commander of U.S.
  • Naval Forces Africa and commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples.
  • She previously served as the 38th Vice Chief of Naval Operations.
  • She assumed her last assignment on June 7, 2016.Howard has achieved many historical firsts throughout her naval career.
  • She was the first African-American woman to command a U.S.
  • Navy ship, USS Rushmore, and the first to achieve two- and three-star rank.
  • In 2006, she was selected for the rank of rear admiral (lower half), making her the first admiral selected from the U.S.
  • Naval Academy class of 1982 and the first female graduate of the U.S.
  • Naval Academy selected for flag rank.
  • On July 1, 2014, Howard became the first woman to become a U.S.
  • Navy four-star admiral.
  • As Vice Chief of Naval Operations, which she began that same day, she was the first African-American and the first woman to hold that post.
  • Howard also became the first female four-star admiral to command operational forces, when she assumed command of U.S.
  • Naval Forces Europe and U.S.
  • Naval Forces Africa.
  • Howard retired on 1 December 2017 after nearly 36 years of service in the United States Navy.

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