Richard H. Black

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Richard Hayden Black (born May 15, 1944 in Baltimore , Maryland ) is an American politician ( Republican Party ).

biography

In 1963, Black joined the Marines and served in Vietnam. There he completed 269 helicopter missions as a pilot. Furthermore, Black fought as part of the 1st Marine Regiment in ground combat operations. He received the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in combat . After the Vietnam War , he served as a flight instructor and later attended engineering school. He completed his training there as second best and became Company Commander . As such, he was deployed with his 240-strong unit on the island of Vieques, which belongs to Puerto Rico .

After retiring from the United States Marine Corps, he began studying at the University of Florida . He came into contact with politics for the first time through his two-time election as a member of the University's Student Senate . In 1973, Black graduated from the School of Business with Honors and received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA). In 1976 he received his Juris Doctor .

Black now practiced as a lawyer in Fort Walton Beach , Florida . He then became a major in the Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG). He was appointed by the Judge Advocate General of the Army to head the JAG office at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri . Later in his career he worked in Fort Lewis (Washington), where he was under 40 attorneys, and served as head of the Army's Criminal Law Division in the United States Department of Defense . In 1994, Black retired from active service, now with the rank of Colonel, and became a partner in the law firm Taylor, Horbaly, and Black .

In February 1998 he was elected to the Virginia House of Representatives and was a member from 1998 to 2006. On November 8, 2011, he was elected to the Virginia Senate . He has been a senator since February 2012.

Black is married and has three children.

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SURNAME Black, Richard H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Black, Dick Hayden
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore , Maryland