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#OpenlyBlack Day 19: Retired four-star Army general, and Secretary of Defense, @LloydAustin . As the first Black Sec. of Defense, Lloyd Austin has worked to restore order to the Pentagon’s policy making process and fight for the use of civilian voices in that process.

Retired 4-star Army general Lloyd Austin was confirmed last month as 28th @LloydAustin . Before Secretary Austin became the 1st Black SecDef, he was the 1st Black general to comm @USArmynd  a division in combat. More on this history-making leade @GotYourSix  via

The Senate confirms retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as the country's first Black Pentagon chief.

Kamala Harris, the nation’s first Black woman and South Asian American vice president, ceremoniously swore in the U.S.’s first Black secretary of defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, on January 25, 2021.

Retired U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd Austin took over as the first Black Pentagon chief shortly after being confirmed 93-2 by the Senate.

Lloyd Austin is sworn in as the first Black secretary of defense by VP Harris on Monday. 📷 Evan Vucci / AP

as Lloyd Austin becomes the 1st black Secretary of Defense @nickschifrin  reports on glaring lack of black officers "Black service members are 16% of the military, but only 8% of officers. White service members are 55% of military, but 72% of officers."

Lloyd J. Austin, an Auburn alumnus who was born in Mobile, Alabama, was sworn in today by VP Kamala Harris. Austin, a retired four-star Army general, is the nation's first Black secretary of defense. He won Senate confirmation last week: 📸 @SenKamalaHarris 

Lloyd J. Austin, an Auburn alumnus who was born in Mobile, Alabama, won Senate confirmation Friday to become the nation's first Black secretary of defense:

On Friday, the US Senate confirmed President Biden’s selection for Defense Secretary, retired four-star Army General Lloyd Austin. Austin, a who led US Central Command from 2013 through 2016, will be the first black American to serve as Defense Secretary.