How Obama has transformed the US military
OPINION - Just days into his second term, President Obama has reinforced his legacy; he will be remembered for transforming our armed forces more profoundly than any president since Harry Truman..
Tuskegee Airman recalls Truman inauguration
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some of the most cared for spectators at President Barack Obama's inauguration were the Tuskegee Airmen, America's first black military pilots...
How Harry Truman desegregated the military
theGRIO REPORT - When President Harry Truman signed an executive order on July 26, 1948, calling for the desegregation of the military, it was the beginning, not the end, of the fight for African-Americans to fight alongside white troops...
Slideshow: The Tuskegee Airmen's legacy still soars
SLIDESHOW - America's first black military fighter pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen used their intelligence, skill, and courage to ignore discrimination and break racial barriers...
Obama's not the first president to serenade US
(AP) - Is it too much to ask our presidents to uphold the Constitution, command the armed forces, execute the nation's laws -- AND provide us with a little musical interlude?...
DADT repeal won't be as tough as military integration
OPINION - The repeal will take time to fully work itself through military policy from top to bottom. But it won't present the monumental problems that race caused...
'Don't Ask' homophobic questions, 'Don't Tell' us poll matters
OPINION - Military commanders taking temperature readings on social issues is potentially dangerous...
Black soldiers continue to fight for country and equality
OPINION - The military, as an institution, is a reflection of the society that it serves. But is that reflection one we want to look at...
