Photo by Sgt. Salvatore Ottaviano | 99th Readiness Division | 01.19.2020
Former Sgt. Hilda P. Griggs, who served in the Second World War’s 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, delivers remarks during New Jersey’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration Jan. 19 at the N.J. State Museum Auditorium in Trenton. The 6888th was the first-and-only all-African American, all-female unit to deploy overseas during the war. It consisted of 855 women under the......
Photo by Sgt. Salvatore Ottaviano | 99th Readiness Division | 01.19.2020
Maj. Lakisha Hale-Earle, chief of G1 plans and training for the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division (right), pays tribute to former Sgt. Hilda P. Griggs, who served in the Second World War’s 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (left), during New Jersey’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration Jan. 19 at the N.J. State Museum Auditorium in Trenton. The 6888th was the......
Photo by Sgt. Salvatore Ottaviano | 99th Readiness Division | 01.19.2020
Maj. Lakisha Hale-Earle, chief of G1 plans and training for the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division, delivers remarks during New Jersey’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration Jan. 19 at the N.J. State Museum Auditorium in Trenton. Honored during the ceremony was former Sgt. Hilda P. Griggs, who served in the Second World War’s 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. The......
Photo by Sgt. Salvatore Ottaviano | 99th Readiness Division | 01.19.2020
New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way delivers remarks during New Jersey’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration Jan. 19 at the N.J. State Museum Auditorium in Trenton. Honored during the ceremony was former Sgt. Hilda P. Griggs, who served in the Second World War’s 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. The 6888th was the first-and-only all-African American, all-female unit......
Photo by Sgt. Salvatore Ottaviano | 99th Readiness Division | 01.19.2020
Maj. Lakisha Hale-Earle, chief of G1 plans and training for the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division (right), pays tribute to former Sgt. Hilda P. Griggs, who served in the Second World War’s 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (left), during New Jersey’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration Jan. 19 at the N.J. State Museum Auditorium in Trenton. The 6888th was the......
Photo by Ronald Wolf | U.S. Army Medical Command | 12.14.2018
Lt. Gen. Nadja West, commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Command and The Surgeon General of the Army, answers a question during a town hall at the Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Va., Dec. 14, 2018. Over 200 MEDCOM Soldiers and Civilians attended and the event was also broadcast live on Facebook to another 200 viewers. West discussed a number of issues regarding Army Medicine......
Photo by Master Sgt. Jeremy Crisp | Office of the Chief of Public Affairs - Northeast | 05.02.2017
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Nadja West, U.S. Army surgeon general and commander, U.S. Army Medical Command, presents a certificate of excellence to Brentwood High School sophomore and Air Force Junior ROTC Cadet Ahmad Perez at a school event in Brentwood Hamlet, Islip, New York, May 2, 2017. West was invited to speak at the school after Perez sent her an email looking to learn more about a career in......
Photo by Master Sgt. Jeremy Crisp | Office of the Chief of Public Affairs - Northeast | 05.02.2017
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Nadja West, U.S. Army surgeon general and commander, U.S. Army Medical Command, poses with a fan at Brentwood High School in New York, May 2, 2017. West was the guest speaker at the high school where she spoke to students about chasing their dreams. West was invited to speak at the school after a student, Ahmad Perez, reached out to her looking to learn more about the......
