President Obama nominates the first ever female 4-star Navy admiral
According to Time.com, more people on her command of ship were more surprised about her race than about her gender. 'For some of the sailors, it was a big deal—not because of the woman thing, but because of the African-American thing,' she told Time.
Although when asked about whether she faces racism within the service she responded, 'Sexism within the service, and racism outside the service.'
'Maybe that’s because we started to integrate the officer corps starting at the end of World War II, as far as race was concerned,'she explained.
'I literally had people coming up, wanting to have their picture taken with me—this is the first time this has happened, where a minority woman has had command of a ship,' she continued.
14 years ago when Howard commanded the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore out of San Diego she told Time, 'Someday, sure, they'll be a woman CNO.'
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