I’d like to begin by apologizing for the delayed post as we take a moment to honor the life and legacy of
2nd Lieutenant Emily Jazmin Tatum Perez
February 19, 1983 – September 12, 2006
Happy Heavenly Birthday 🤍
2nd Lt. Perez served as a Cadet Command Sergeant Major at the United States Military Academy at West Point before commissioning as a Medical Service Corps Officer in the United States Army.
She deployed to Iraq in December 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and was killed in action on September 12, 2006, when an improvised explosive device detonated near her Humvee during combat operations in Al Kifl, near Najaf.
At just 23 years old, she became:
• The first female graduate of West Point to die in the Iraq War
• The first graduate of the West Point “Class of 9/11” to die in combat
• The first Black female U.S. Army officer to die in combat
Her courage, leadership, and service continue to inspire.
We remember her.
We honor her.
We will never forget.
On this day in 1956, civil rights activists, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jo Ann Robinson, Rosa Parks and the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, were arrested for organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
#OnThisDay in 1942, the Tuskegee Airmen became the first African American flying unit in the U.S. military. Learn more on our Searchable Museum: https://t.co/JvZ6uS4GdH #BlackHistoryMonth#APeoplesJourney
新登場のメイルストロム・バトルフォースとコルセアの予約受付が本日開始!搭乗アクションで使って海賊らしさを演出してみませんか?
Preorders for the new Maelstrom Battleforces and Corsairs starts today! Do you plan to use them in Boarding actions to be extra piratical?
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
Republicans can’t win on their policies, so they are trying to dodge accountability by rewriting the rules. These lawmakers are going out of their way to silence the will of the people and deliberately undermine our democracy.