CNN has been known to serve up the fake news, but the network pretty much summed up the state of the women’s movement in the U.S. with its recent tweet noting that New York’s “Fearless Girl” statue — part of a marketing promotion by State Street Global Advisors — stood its ground, even during a light snowfall.
The media has pretty much lost what was left of its collective mind over what isn’t much more than a viral advertisement, so it’s nice to see someone give some attention to a real-life female (if you’ll excuse the gender-binary term) who could show quite a few nasty women a thing or two about women’s empowerment.
#USSPorter, commanded by Cmdr. Andria Slough, fired Tomahawk missiles into Syria from the #Mediterranean Sea, Apr. 7, 2017. pic.twitter.com/gKqvWUf9Xj
— U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet (@USNavyEurope) April 7, 2017
Yes, the photo on the right is the war propaganda that drove the folks at Deadspin nuts, and the photo on the left is Andria Slough, commander of the USS Porter, which was one of two Navy destroyers that pounded a Syrian airbase with those missiles with the culturally inappropriate name.
The commander who launched Tomahawks at Syria is a woman. Here's her story. https://t.co/KrzOWFdaRJ
— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) April 8, 2017
Sweet ? https://t.co/8WHPRXvkK5
— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) April 8, 2017
#ShePersisted https://t.co/0GPZ7LxZC0
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 8, 2017
I'm with her.
— Derek Nelson (@dnelsonksu) April 8, 2017
The Capital Gazette reports:
During her military career, Slough has served as a combat information center officer and an auxiliaries and electrical officer with the USS O’Brien. She’s also served as a weapons officer in the USS The Sullivans and executive and commanding officer USS Defender, according to the Navy’s website. She’s the former deputy director for the Joint Maritime Ballistic Missile Defense Operations and Training.
Slough has a received awards like the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Pacific Fleet Shiphandler of the Year and the VADM John D. Bulkeley Leadership Award.
https://twitter.com/starassassin136/status/850773232663711744
Strong responsible Women like Commander Slough is what our girls should b looking 2 as role model PROUD OF YOU! &OUR @USNavy #SyriaStrikes
— Colleen Ann Avery ?? Liberalism=Mental Disorder (@Irish__Lass) April 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/RetiredNavyCPO/status/850755932560740352
Congratulations Commander for a job well done. God Bless America
— Dawn Comfort (@dawn_comfort) April 8, 2017
Proud of our military. Highly trained and highly professional.
— Charlie Kendall (@charliekendall) April 8, 2017
Quite a few wondered why the commander’s gender was newsworthy; let’s just say that at the same time Slough was preparing to strike Syria, Hillary Clinton was being celebrated for calling for air strikes against Syrian air fields at the eighth annual Women in the World Summit, which also highlighted the bravery of Cecile Richards, Samantha Bee, and “global crush” Justin Trudeau.
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AWESOME! Nikki Haley continues to kick ass and take names at the United Nations [statement]https://t.co/KcUxP1cqaP
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 7, 2017
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