The voice of Park Chul-gyun (62), a retired army brigadier general, trembled over the phone. Park is the grandson of the late Colonel Park Jin-kyung (1920–1948), who was tasked with early resolution ...

CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — Last year, Col. Sharon Harmon made history when she became the first Black person to achieve the rank of colonel in the Rhode Island National Guard. But for Harmon, the ...

Fort Bliss was named for Col. William Wallace Smith Bliss in January 1854, and when the National Cemetery was dedicated March 17, 1940, it also carried his name. Bliss, who died of yellow fever Aug. 5 ...

(RNS) — The Army has promoted an active-duty African American woman chaplain to the rank of colonel for the first time. Chaplain (Col.) Monica R. Lawson was given the new status in a ceremony streamed ...