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2021-03-09 00:36:02 GMT2021-03-09 08:36:02(Beijing Time) Xinhua English WASHINGTON, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Marking the International Womens Day, U.S. President Joe Biden signed two executive orders aimed to promote gender equity on Monday, vowing "to ensure that every domestic and foreign policy we pursue rests on a foundation of dignity and equity for women." "In our nation, as in all nations, women have fought for justice, shattered barriers, built and sustained economies, carried communi...

US President Joe Biden signed two executive orders aimed to promote gender equity and vowed "to ensure that every domestic and foreign policy we pursue rests on a foundation of dignity and equity for women"."In our nation, as in ...

By   Mar 08, 2021 09:12 PM EST (Photo : Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 08: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on International Women’s Day as Air Force General Jacqueline Van Ovost (L) and Army Lieutenant General Laura Richardson (R) listen during an announcement at the East Room of the White House March 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden announced the nominations of General Van Ovost and Lieutenant General Richardson to po...

Biden Nominates Two Women To Lead Combatant Commands They would become just the second and third women to head up a top-level joint military command. President Joe Biden nominated two women to lead joint military commands amid a push for more diversity among the Pentagon’s top ranks. On Friday, Biden nominated Air Force Gen. Jaqueline Van Ovost to lead the U.S. Transportation Command and Army Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson to head U.S. Southern Command. Van Ovost is the head of Air Mobi...

Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, commander of AMC, said adaptive and agile Airmen, capable of accomplishing tasks outside their Air Force specialty code, are vital to delivering rapid global mobility in today’s operating environment. “By operationalizing our innovate, execute and learn methodology, we will aggressively expand upon current capabilities to generate and project the force, defend installations and networks and keep the joint force informed and synchronized across the competition cont...

The exercise tested Agile Combat Employment skills in a simulated deployed environment to train multi-capable Airmen for the future. Airmen from Air Mobility Command took part in the exercise to enhance readiness and reinforce AMC support to the joint, News, features and commentaries about Air Force Reserve people, equipment and missions

  Air Force Staff Sgt. Kate Vojtko (foreground) familiarizes Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, Air Mobility Command commander, right, with the controls and features of the MRZR all-terrain vehicle Sept. 1, 2020, Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Biden Showcases the Strength, Excellence of American Military Diversity MARCH 8, 2021 | BY JIM GARAMONE, Diversity was on display at the White House today as President Joe Biden introduced Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost as his choice to command U.S. Transp...

The nominations of Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost, of the Air Force, and Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson, of the Army, will now be sent up to the Senate for approval.

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