Adm. Michelle Howard lends a hand to Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus as he and Wayne Cowles, Howard's husband, put four-star shoulder boards on Howard's service white uniform Tuesday, July 1, 2014 during her promotion ceremony at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial. Howard is the first woman to be promoted to the rank of admiral. Her shoulder boards had to be custom-made, the first female four-star shoulder boards in U.S. Navy history. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Peter D. Lawlor/Released)