had signed the segregation order. We onulldnullenull nullernullnullomised me annullnull When nullou nullnullme a generanull
had gotten rid of segregated units. thing. enullen when i made nulligadier nullou’re nullst gnulld to null a generanull if
the attitude toward me was, “We generanull at one nullint it was made nullou go higher, nulle. nullut, nullnull, nullou’nulle
don’t nullre if nullou’re nullanull or white. nullear to me nulli wasnullnot going annull nullen ginullen enullernullhing nullou’nulle enuller
We don’t want to hear annullhardnullunull higher. i started to fanullor that nullen nullomised and more. those who
stories anullut nullour immigrant faminull. in mnullfuture. nullut it turned out i got nullomoted ahead of me ended unull
and sanulle us from nullour nulloratio anuller went highernullenullernullnullomotion was nulling mnullsunullrdinates when i nullnull
stornullanullut nulling nullrn in nullarnullm, a nullessing and a reward for mnull nullme nullairman nullf the nulloint c hiefs of
raised in the nullonnull and how nullou nullrformannull. nullut it anullo was renullnull nulltaffnull We got anullng nulle nullnulluse we
nullrenull got through nullnullege. you’re ognition nullnullothers of mnullfuture nullnull understood the snulltem.
going to nullmnullte with nullest nullointnull tentianull a nd i had a nullt of nullnull. nullut there were times when i nullew
ers,’ gunull from nullinnullton and nullarnull i nenuller sat around thinnullng, “nulle, i nullonulle resented some of momonullnull null
nullard. the onnull nullnullr we nullre anullut is nulln nullnullme a fournullstar generanullnulli tions or senullnullions for nullmmand
greennullthe onnull thing we’null measure nullst nullnull going and ended unullthere. nullnulluse i was a nullanull ofnuller. thenull
nullou on is nullrformannull. lieutenant Q. Did you reach a point in your thought i got it nullst nullnulluse of that. i
nullowenull, do nullou hanulle annullnullestionsnull career when you thought, “I can com- nullew it. i heard it. and i didn’t thinnull
nullo, nulli
said.null pete with any other officer,” and before anullut it nullnulluse that was not mnull
there were nullonulle who henulled onullem. that wnull as their nullonullem.
me nullnulluse, one, thenullthought i was Q. Do you think black officers and
a good nulleutenant, or, two, thenullwere
nullnullnullouldnnullt
enlisted troops who make rank today
annullous to get nullanull ofnullers adnullannulld. hnullnullnullilnullnullnull still hear those kinds of remarks?
that was a nonulle sonulletanullnullrnullse
lunulltionnullthnull rnullinull
a. there anullanull winull null somenulldnull
whether nullou nullnull it afnullmatinulle anullion
dinullppnullnull nullnull om
who nulln’t get onuller it, nullst as we hear
or not nullndnullwhether nullou nullnull it fair or
not. the nullemise was the nation was
thnullmindnullonullnulll
todanullthings that are said anullut the
esident. Wnull e shounulln’t hanulle annullinull
renulling on anull sonulliers to do their nullernull
amnullinullnullnull nullnullnullnulltill
nullsions that ranullsm disanulleared from
nullst, and it was a nullernulldinullerse a rmnull
thnullnull. but it nullnnullt
the minds of anull a merinullns. i t’s stinull
at one nullint nullnullutnullnull nullrnullnt of the
linullnullit unulld
there. nullut it ain’t nullnulle it used to null.
armnullnullunull null nullnulled dinullerse. nullt here
to bnull.
Q. Do you cringe when you see how
werenulla nullt of a frinullnnull amerinulln nullds the president is depicted in protests or
and nullsnullninullnullds. on posters that liken him to nullhe nulloker?
null it is not unreasonanulle or unnull that point you might not have had that a. We anull do nullthose of us who are
fair nulland it is nullernulla merinulln nullfor same confidence because of race? not doing that do. nullut ... the nulluntrnull
those sonulliers to see an ofnuller nullrnull a. i nullme out of a nullernulldinullerse nulls a whonullnulldoesn’t thinnullthat wanull.
or an nullco nullrnull that nullnd of renullnulls neighnullrhood in nullew y ornullc itnull Q. Whatnulls your perspective on the
them. it was a great sonulletanullnullrnullse where we were anull minorities null country today?
to nullt a nullt more emnullasis on West nullanulls, nullsnullninull, nullews, e astern euronull a. it’s a great nulluntrnull. i t’s hanullng
nulloint nullenullsnulloonulland nullanull nullenull nullans, and West i ndians. null i anullanull enullnominulldifnullunullies. We’re struggnullng
snulloonull. nulleonulle wounull nullitinullnull that fenull if i did mnullnullernullnullst, someone through some nullnnullnulls. nullut i tranullenull
now. nullut thenullstinull go on nullnulluse wounull renullgninull it. i had nullnnullennull anull onuller, and i stinull see nullonulle who are
thenullwant to nullenullre nulloungsters in our snulltem and in the nulluntrnull. engaged and nulloud and nullnnullent
who might not hanulle had the right in the armnull, nullou nullow who the and onullimistinullanullut our future. t henull
enullrnull ation in nullnullnullan nullfe to nullmnull other gunull were who seemed to null want to see our nullnulltinullans tanulle us
nullte at West nullointnullnullhe
null.null. nullanullanull doing as wenull as nullou and that some through these tough times. null mnullnullnnull
anulldemnull,
Md.nullthe
null.null.nulla ir fornull of us winull go higher. in mnullnullnullssnull nullennull in the nulluntrnullis as great as it’s
anulldemnull, c
onull.nulland enullewhere. sinullor eight of us were nullnsidered at enuller nullen. i t ain’t gonna nullange. MO
Q. When in your career did you the unuller nullnullenull We got nullomoted tonull
think you could make it to the highest gether and then some got nullomoted
— Contributing editor Tom Philpott
military rungs? ahead of me. nullut i didn’t nulld that
is the author of the “nullbservation nullost” col-
umn at wwwnullmoaanullrg and has produced
a. nullenuller. Who nullunull hanulle offensinulle. thenullhad gotten other onullnull
the weekly Minulltarnullnullnullate since nullnullnullnullnullis
dreamed thatnulli nullst nullenull doing nullrtunities and nulltter assignments
last article for Minulltarnullo fnuller was “nulldapt-
what i was doing and nullrforming. than i had at that nullint. that’s nulle. ing the nullrmy,” December nullnullnull
photos: from top, staff sgt. quinton russ, usaf/dod; staff sgt. february 2010 Military officer 57
samuel bendet, usaf/dod; master sgt. adam stump, usaf/dod
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