There’s a first for everything.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Navy promoted the first female Admiral in it’s 284 year history.
How many people in those 284 years said, “that’ll never happen?”
Congratulations Admiral Michelle Howard.
[Tweet “”Never say never.” – Charles Dickens in the Pickwick Papers, 1837 via @danatheus”]
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