| Lieutenant Commander La'Shanda Renee Holmes | |
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File:File:LaShanda Holmes, US Coast Guard, 2010.jpg Holmes in 2010 | |
| Born | 1985 (age 39–40) |
| Place of birth | Plainfield, New Jersey |
| Service/branch | United States Coast Guard |
La'Shanda R. Holmes is a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. 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[]
- ↑ "Meet The First Black Female U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter Pilot" (in en). 2012-02-10. https://newsone.com/1851815/lashonda-holmes-first-black-female-helicopter-u-s-coast-guard-pilot/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Helicopter Pilot La'Shanda Holmes Flies High Above the Crowd". https://www.spelman.edu/about-us/news-and-events/our-stories/stories/2014/02/14/lashanda-holmes.
- ↑ Service, Rushawn Walters, Howard University News. "U.S. Coast Guard helicopter pilot La’Shanda Holmes defies odds, expectations to break barriers" (in en). http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/u-s-coast-guard-helicopter-pilot-la-shanda-holmes-defies/article_6055366c-f2c7-11e6-83af-f33132d341bf.html.
- ↑ "La'Shanda Holmes" (in en). 2017-07-06. https://www.fosterclub.com/about-us/who-we-are/board/lashanda-holmes.
- ↑ "Plainfield: Meet Hometown Hero La'Shanda Holmes" (in en). https://www.tapinto.net/articles/plainfield-meet-hometown-hero-lashanda-holmes.
- ↑ "Celebrating women of character, courage and commitment: Lt. La’Shanda Holmes « Coast Guard All Hands". http://allhands.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2014/03/14/celebrating-women-of-character-courage-and-commitment-lt-lashanda-holmes/.
Further reading[]
- Holmes, La'Shanda. "It Feels Good To Be First". https://www.gocoastguard.com/LaShanda. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
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