The U.S. Marine Corps has seen some historic milestones for female Marines during the Trump administration. Among these, one former Colonel Lorna M. Mahlock reached the crowning achievement of becoming the first black female brigadier general to serve in the Marines.
After President Trump nominated Mahlock’s historic promotion, it was announced by then-Defense Secretary James N. Mattis in April of 2018, making major news headlines, appealing widely across the news spectrum.
