Blaze Media
Watch LIVE

The Navy commander who launched the missiles into Syria will surely make liberals' blood boil

News
Chris Enloe
April 09, 2017
U.S. Navy Commander Andria Slough fired tomahawk missiles from the USS Porter on Thursday. (Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)

She persisted.

Typically, those two words put together are used by liberals to describe women who are "oppressed" by Republicans, such as Hillary Clinton and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). But on Saturday, conservatives on Twitter used the moniker to describe Navy Commander Andria Slough, who fired half of the tomahawk missiles that hit a Syrian air base early Friday morning.

Commander Slough is the commanding officer on the USS Porter, one of the naval destroyers stationed in the eastern Mediterranean Sea that fired the missiles last week. The other ship was the USS Ross.

According to Capital Gazette, Slough is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.

More from the Capital Gazette:

During her military career, Slough has served as a combat information center officer and an auxiliaries and electrical officer with the USS O'Brien. She's also served as a weapons officer in the USS The Sullivans and executive and commanding officer USS Defender, according to the Navy's website. She's the former deputy director for the Joint Maritime Ballistic Missile Defense Operations and Training.

Slough has a received awards like the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Pacific Fleet Shiphandler of the Year and the VADM John D. Bulkeley Leadership Award.

And while liberal women typically laud women who take courageous and noble actions, there was no sign of praise on the Left for Slough.

But conservatives didn't leave her hangin'. They took to Twitter to honor and celebrate Slough, many using the same "#ShePersisted" and "#IAmWithHer" monikers that liberals use.

America salutes you, Commander Slough.

Most recent
All Articles
Recommended
All Articles