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Feb 13, 2015

Maj. Shanelle Porter gives a speech during the Black Student Union Heritage Ball at the University of Illinois Chicago, Feb. 12. Porter is the commanding officer of Recruiting Station Chicago. She was chosen to be the guest of honor because of her illustrious past, and her promising future. During her speech, she advocated doing away with being “the first black person” to do something, because it’ll soon all be done. “I believe that if we all are willing to scale a jungle gym and not a ladder, have the will, the audacity and the courage to lead, and believe that when you arrive, you are supposed to be there, we will be great leaders and we will be excellent,” said Porter, who is the first black woman in Marine Corps history to command a recruiting station. “This is how we will move closer to there being no more firsts to achieve.”

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Maj. Shanelle Porter gives a speech during the Black Student Union Heritage Ball at the University of Illinois Chicago, Feb. 12. Porter is the commanding officer of Recruiting Station Chicago. She was chosen to be the guest of honor because of her illustrious past, and her promising future. During her speech, she advocated doing away with being “the first black person” to do something, because it’ll soon all be done. “I believe that if we all are willing to scale a jungle gym and not a ladder, have the will, the audacity and the courage to lead, and believe that when you arrive, you are supposed to be there, we will be great leaders and we will be excellent,” said Porter, who is the first black woman in Marine Corps history to command a recruiting station. “This is how we will move closer to there being no more firsts to achieve.”
150212-M-LM776-004.JPG Photo By: Sgt. Trevon S. Peracca

Feb 13, 2015
CHICAGO - Maj. Shanelle Porter gives a speech during the Black Student Union Heritage Ball at the University of Illinois Chicago, Feb. 12. Porter is the commanding officer of Recruiting Station Chicago. She was chosen to be the guest of honor because of her illustrious past, and her promising future. During her speech, she advocated doing away with being “the first black person” to do something, because it’ll soon all be done. “I believe that if we all are willing to scale a jungle gym and not a ladder, have the will, the audacity and the courage to lead, and believe that when you arrive, you are supposed to be there, we will be great leaders and we will be excellent,” said Porter, who is the first black woman in Marine Corps history to command a recruiting station. “This is how we will move closer to there being no more firsts to achieve.”


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