
In 1975, after the fall of Saigon, Elizabeth Pham’s parents fled Vietnam and arrived in Washington State as refugees. One of their first stops in America was Camp Murray, a military post near Tacoma that took in Vietnamese families that spring and summer. 🇺🇸
Their daughter was born in Seattle on January 13, 1978. She studied history at the University of San Diego and joined the Navy ROTC program.
In 2000, she was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. She went through The Basic School, then flight training at Naval Air Station Pensacola and Naval Air Station Meridian, and earned her Naval Aviator “wings of gold” in September 2003.
She was selected for the F/A-18 Hornet, the twin-engine strike fighter the Marines fly from land bases and aircraft carriers. In training with VMFAT-101, she earned the “Top Hook” award for the best carrier landing performance in her class. ✈️
According to the Washington Military Department, she became the first Vietnamese American to become a fixed-wing naval aviator in the Marine Corps. She was also the fourth woman to fly the F/A-18 in the Marine Corps.
Flying with VMFA(AW)-242 during Operation Iraqi Freedom, she logged more than 130 combat missions over Iraq.
She also helped lead the first all-female F/A-18 aircrew combat missions of that war, a milestone in an aircraft community that had been closed to women until 1993.
Across her Hornet combat tours, her biography lists 155 combat missions and more than 1,000 mishap-free flight hours. She received 6 Air Medals. 🎖️
Her career kept going after the cockpit. She served at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Japan, flew disaster relief missions in the Philippines in the UC-12W, founded a women’s leadership symposium and rose to the rank of colonel.
In 2015, now a lieutenant colonel, she returned to Camp Murray as the keynote speaker for the 40th anniversary of the arrival of Vietnamese refugees in Washington State, the same place her parents had first found safety.
She shared what a soldier once told her about service, that “giving others the chance to have a better life” is what it is all about. 💙
Her family arrived in America as refugees in 1975, and Elizabeth Pham went on to fly 155 combat missions in the F/A-18 Hornet as a U.S. Marine Corps aviator.
卢比奥在联邦党人学会年会上发表主旨演讲:以立国低谷回击中期选举悲观论,强硬警告国际刑事法院。作为共和党潜在的政治明星,卢比奥的此次亮相再度引发外界对其2028年大选动向的猜测。
1776年12月,华盛顿麾下能作战的士兵已不足3000人——饥寒交迫、疾病缠身,正被当时世界上最强大的帝国一路追击,如果当年有人因此断定“一切都结束了”,历史又会如何改写?
最新在2026年联邦党人学会全国律师大会(Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention)上,美国国务卿马尔科·卢比奥用这段历史低谷,回应了外界对中期选举受挫的悲观情绪:
📌 历史并非注定坦途:人们常以为美国独立是一场理所当然的胜利,但革命的第一年几乎接连遭遇毁灭性、屈辱性的惨败。
📌 挫折不等于终局:卢比奥在演讲中表示,那些认为“一次挫折、一次失败或一次糟糕的选举就意味着共和国终结”的人,应当从这段立国历史与现场听众身上汲取鼓舞。
一个糟糕的夜晚从未决定过美国的命运,现在也不会!
回望历史上的至暗时刻,相信大家,对美国的信心不会消失‼️‼️
卢比奥在联邦党人学会年会上发表主旨演讲:以立国低谷回击中期选举悲观论,强硬警告国际刑事法院
当地时间11月13日晚,美国国务卿兼国家安全事务助理马尔科·卢比奥(Marco Rubio)在华盛顿五月花酒店举行的2026年联邦党人学会(Federalist Society)全国律师大会上发表第25届芭芭拉·K·奥尔森纪念讲座主旨演讲。这是共和党在11月3日中期选举受挫后,卢比奥发表的首场重大公开演讲。面对党内外的悲观情绪,他以美国独立战争初期的至暗时刻作比,呼吁保守派保持信念,同时在外交与国家主权问题上向国际刑事法院(ICC)发出强硬警告。
回望1776年立国危机:一场失利不代表终局
针对共和党在中期选举失利后外界对执政前景的质疑,卢比奥在演讲中引用了1776年12月美国独立战争最艰难时期的历史。他指出,当时乔治·华盛顿率领的大陆军在接连遭受重创后,具备作战能力的士兵已不足3000人,且在严寒与饥病交迫中遭英军一路追击。
他以历史为喻,鼓励保守派人士不要因暂时的选举失利而动摇,并强调“一个糟糕的夜晚从未决定过美国的命运”。
抨击国际法“武器化”,引用古罗马名言警告ICC
在外交与主权议题上,卢比奥批评部分全球精英将国际法“武器化”以限制美国行动。他辩护了美国近期在加勒比海域的军事打击、针对委内瑞拉领导人的行动以及美以对伊朗的军事遏制举措。
针对国际刑事法院向以色列总理发出逮捕令及美方随后的反制措施,卢比奥发出严厉警告,并援引古罗马将领庞培的名言强调,美国不会屈服于外部的法律约束。
坦承战事推高通胀压力,2028年动向再引关注
在问答环节中,卢比奥承认中东冲突确实推高了美国国内的油价和生活成本,导致民众面临经济压力。
作为共和党潜在的政治明星,卢比奥的此次亮相再度引发外界对其2028年大选动向的猜测。尽管民调显示他备受共和党选民青睐,但他本人已公开否认将提前辞去国务卿职务,表示将专注于完成现任任期。


