Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams (264197)
Credit: US Military Academy photo

Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, a 1983 U.S. Military Academy graduate who has held high-ranking Army posts in Europe and Asia, will become the first Black officer to command West Point in its 216-year history, academy officials announced Friday.

Williams will assume command as the academy’s 60th superintendent during a ceremony Monday morning in West Point’s Jefferson Hall, school officials said.

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