White House Nominates First Black Marine for Fourth Star

President Biden has nominated Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael Langley to lead U.S. Africa Command, the Pentagon announced on Thursday.
Langley is up for a fourth star and to lead the Stuttgart, Germany-based combatant command.

Since November, Langley has been the commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and Marine Corps Forces Northern Command, in addition to the commanding general of Fleet Marine Force Atlantic.

Langley graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington at commissioned in 1985. He’s a career artillery officer who has deployed both to Afghanistan and Somalia. The New York Times first reported Langely was under consideration for the AFRICOM job last month.