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Leadership Institute

Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Lorna Mahlock, the chief information officer of the Marine Corps, speaks with attendees during the Thurgood Marshall College Fund 18th annual Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C., Oct. 29, 2018. Mahlock became the first Black female general in the Corps in 2018, when she was promoted to brigadier general. In 2022, she was promoted to major general in another first for Black women in the Marines.

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