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Keith Kerr
Keith H. Kerr (1931-2021) was a retired United States Army Reserve Colonel, who later was given the rank of brigadier general in the California State Military Reserve, part of the California State Defense Forces, and in 2003 became one of the highest-ranking openly gay military officers. Service record Kerr enlisted as a private at Fort Ord on September 21, 1953, and served in the 513th Military Intelligence Group in Germany after the Korean War. After leaving Active Army service, Kerr served in the U. S. Army Reserve and was commissioned a first lieutenant in June 1960. Kerr retired from the U. S. Army Reserve in 1986 as a colonel. Kerr was commissioned in the California State Military Reserve, a state defense force, and was given the rank of brigadier general on February 21, 1991. The brigadier general rank in a state organization is not recognized by the federal government where his U.S. Army rank for retirement purposes remains a colonel. During his tenure with the Califor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congressman Marty Meehan Joined By Retired Flag Officers Interested In Repealling DADT (cropped)
A Member of Congress (MOC) is a person who has been appointed or elected and inducted into an official body called a congress, typically to represent a particular constituency in a legislature. The term member of parliament (MP) is an equivalent term within a parliamentary system of government. United States In referring to an individual lawmaker in their capacity of serving in the United States Congress, a bicameral legislature, the term ''Member of Congress'' is used less often than other terms in the United States. This is because in the United States the word ''United States Congress, Congress'' is used as a descriptive term for the collective body of legislators, from both houses of its bicameralism, bicameral federalism, federal legislature: the United States Senate, Senate and the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives. For this reason, and in order to distinguish who is a member of which house, a member of the Senate is typically referred to as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |