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Simone Askew to be the first Black woman to serve as West Point’s first captain

A Virginia West Point cadet has made history by being the first black woman appointed to serve in the military school’s highest leadership position. Simone Askew, a 20-year-old International History major from Fairfax, is currently in charge of leading 1,502 cadets as the Regimental Commander of Cadet Basic Training II at the New York military […]

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