By Dawn M. Arden, Leonard Wood
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- During a ceremony at the Missouri Supreme Court on January 30, Karen Towns became the first military spouse to be sworn into the Missouri Bar Association under a new rule that creates a pathway for attorney-spouses to practice law while stationed in Missouri.
As of January 1, Missouri joined a network of states permitting military-spouse attorneys, whose active-duty service member is stationed within the state, to apply for temporary admission to the Missouri Bar Association without requiring the taking of the bar exam.
Read more: Army spouse first to benefit from new Missouri employment rule
By Beth A. Warrington, Army University Press
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- During World War II, sitting in aircraft hangars at Birmingham, England, were millions of undelivered pieces of mail and packages. Those U.S. service members in Europe took notice that no mail was being delivered and Army officials reported that a lack of reliable mail was hurting morale. It was predicted that it would take six months to clear the backlog in England, but who was up for the task?
In November 1944, African-American women -- 824 enlisted and thirty-one officers -- were recruited from the Women's Army Corps, the Army Service Forces, and the Army Air Forces to form the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, or the "Six Triple Eight." The first and only all-female African-American battalion to be deployed overseas during World War II was organized into a Headquarters Company, for administrative and service support, and four postal directory companies -- A, B, C, and D -- commanded by either a captain or a first lieutenant. The battalion would be commanded by Maj. Charity Edna Adams Earley, the first African American woman to achieve the rank of lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army.
Read more: New monument honors all-female, African-American battalion
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