

She had no idea she would become a part of military history. She thought it would be an opportunity that would allow her to explore the world and hone her nursing skills. Army Command and General Staff College and a Senior Service College Fellowship.ġ979: First Black chief of the Army Corps and first Black female brigadier general Johnson-Brown was an operating room nurse, who graduated from the Harlem Hospital School of Nursing and joined the U.S. Garrett holds a bachelor's degree from Xavier University, and his military education includes U.S. Army Central and Coalition Forces Land Component Command. Central Command, and later as commanding general, U.S. Beginning in 2013, Garrett spent six consecutive years focused on military operations in the Middle East, first as chief of staff, U.S. He also activated and commanded the “Spartan Brigade,” 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division (Light) at Fort Richardson, Alaska, and deployed the unit to support Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006. Garrett commanded 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg. Over the course of 11 years, Garrett served in and wore the scroll of each of the regiment's three Ranger Battalions. Following his initial military training courses, including Ranger, Pathfinder and Jumpmaster, he served his formative years in the 75th Ranger Regiment. A career infantryman, Garrett received his commission in 1984 upon graduating from Xavier University. The son of an Army command sergeant major, Garrett has spent his entire life in and around the Army. In total, the Forces Command team includes 745,000 soldiers and 96,000 civilians. Army Reserve while providing training and readiness oversight of the Army National Guard. Army's largest organization, he commands 215,000 active-duty soldiers and 190,000 members of the U.S. Michael Xavier Garrett is the commanding general of United States Army Forces Command, located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Army Forces Command, currently the highest ranking Black officer in the U.S.
