La'Shanda Holmes
Lieutenant Commander La'Shanda Renee Holmes | |
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 Holmes in 2010 | |
| Born | 1985 (age 38–39) Plainfield, New Jersey |
| Service | United States Coast Guard |
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La'Shanda R. Holmes is a lieutenant commander in the United States Coast Guard[1] and the first African-American female helicopter pilot[2] for the Coast Guard.[3] She grew up in the foster care system and put herself through Spelman College.[4] She was an Aircraft Commander at Air Station Los Angeles, Air Station Atlantic City (where she was deployed multiple times to Washington D.C. (NCR) as a rotary wing air intercept pilot), and Air Station Miami. She has amassed over 2,000 flight hours conducting search and rescue, counter drug, law enforcement, and Presidential air-intercept missions.[2] She was appointed as a White House Fellow in 2015 by President Barack Obama.[5] In 2015–2016 she was the Special Assistant to the NASA Administrator General Charles F. Bolden.
Holmes received her BA in psychology from Spelman College and is a Bonner Scholar.[6] She sits on the board of directors for Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum, Foster Club, and Girls Fly![2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Meet The First Black Female U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter Pilot". News One. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Helicopter Pilot La'Shanda Holmes Flies High Above the Crowd". www.spelman.edu. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ Service, Rushawn Walters, Howard University News (14 February 2017). "U.S. Coast Guard helicopter pilot La'Shanda Holmes defies odds, expectations to break barriers". St. Louis American. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "La'Shanda Holmes". FosterClub. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Plainfield: Meet Hometown Hero La'Shanda Holmes". TAPinto. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Celebrating women of character, courage and commitment: Lt. La'Shanda Holmes « Coast Guard All Hands". allhands.coastguard.dodlive.mil. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- Holmes, La'Shanda. "It Feels Good To Be First". Go Coast Guard. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
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