When Marcia Anderson was promoted from brigadier general to major general, she made her way into the history books. She is the first African-American female two star general in the US Army. She assumed this position in Washington on September 30, 2011.

According to NewsOne.com:

Anderson, who will leave her post as deputy commanding general of the Human Resources Command at Fort Knox on Friday, received the promotion after a three-decade long military career. She is moving to the office of the chief of the U.S. Army Reserve in Washington, D.C.  Anderson’s father, Rudy Mahan of Beloit, Wis., served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, but never got to fulfill his dream of flying bombers. He drove trucks instead. It’s something Anderson attributes to the narrow options available to blacks at the time.

Marcia is not just accepting this honor for herself but for her father as well, she said…

               ”This is for people like him who had dreams deferred.”

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Congratulations General Marcia Anderson…Keep Soaring Savvy Sistah!