Rhode Island Nationwide Guard encourages 1st Black colonel

The Rhode Island Countrywide Guard has its very first Black colonel.

Sharon Harmon attained the rank of colonel at a advertising ceremony Saturday at the Joint Power Headquarters, Camp Fogarty, in East Greenwich, the Countrywide Guard stated in a assertion.

"I pray that my advertising is only the starting up issue for other African Individuals after me," Col. Harmon stated in front of loved ones, friends, colleagues and elected officers, like Gov. Dan McKee.

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Harmon, a Woonsocket resident, enlisted as an administrative clerk for 455th Normal Hospital Army Reserve Device in Providence in 1985 and in 1993, transferred to the Countrywide Guard to attend Officer Candidate College.

The Rhode Island Countrywide Guard has promoted their to start with at any time black colonel on Friday.

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She has served in various capacities with the Nationwide Guard and is presently state Household System Director, overseeing systems that present sources to guard customers and their family members during and right after deployments.

Harmon has served in Afghanistan, and attained numerous awards such as a Bronze Star and the Meritorious Services Medal.

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She is a graduate of Newberry (South Carolina) Large Faculty, Rhode Island Higher education and Touro University, and in 2020 earned a master's in strategic experiments from the U.S. Army War School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.