Reposted from News.Mic, July 2, 2014
The news: 238 years after it was founded, the United States Navy finally has its first female four-star admiral.
Adm. Michelle J. Howard was awarded the Navy’s current highest rank Tuesday at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. She takes over as the vice chief of operations, the Navy’s second-highest officer position.