A "deeply conservative" delegate, Black became well known for making controversial statements. Black resigned from the Library Board a few months after being sworn-in. Virginia House of Delegates īlack was first elected to the Virginia House in a special election in 1998 to succeed Republican Delegate Bill Mims, who had been elected to the Virginia Senate. Today Loudoun County Public libraries do contain internet filters, but allow adult patrons to turn them off provided they read and sign the LCPL Adult Internet Use Agreement to register to use the Internet, and by doing so agree to comply with library policies and guidelines which prohibit the viewing of pornographic materials.
American Library Association that public libraries' use of Internet filtering software does not violate their patrons' First Amendment rights. The United States Supreme Court ruled in 2003 in US v. The policy drew national attention and First Amendment litigation struck down the policy. Black said doing so "would be inconsistent with this tremendous drive to feminize the military today, to pretend there is no difference between the sexes." Political career īlack first held elective office on the Loudoun County Library Board, where in 1997 he authored a policy that blocked pornography on library computers. In an interview with The Washington Times, Black said despite evidence that mixed gender training leads to sexual misconduct, the Pentagon will not revert to same-sex assignments between instructors and recruits. In 1996, Dick Black was practicing military law in Northern Virginia. Black later headed the Army's Criminal Law Division at the Pentagon, before retiring from the military in 1994. Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps Īfter the war, he left the service and graduated from law school, returning to military service as a prosecutor with the U.S. Black volunteered to join Fox Company, 1st Marines, which held the ridgeline at Nui Loc Son-an extremely dangerous and remote outpost in the Que Son Valley. He received the Navy Commendation Medal with "V" for valor, while serving as Forward Air Controller for 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. He engaged in intense combat around Nui Loc Son in April 1967. įrom 11 February to 17 June 1967, he served as Forward Air Controller for the 1st Marine Regiment, making 70 combat patrols in the jungle. He flew 269 combat helicopter missions with HMM-362, which operated out of Ky Ha, Vietnam. Vietnam īlack served as a pilot in the US Marines during the Vietnam War, earning the Purple Heart medal. He graduated from Parris Island as a PFC and entered the Marine Aviation Cadet Program at Naval Air Station Pensacola. īlack enlisted in the Marines in 1963 at the age of 19. Army War College, Command and General Staff College, and Naval Aviator's Flight School.
He served a total of 31 years active and reserve, rising from the rank of private to full colonel. After completing his service in the Vietnam War, Black returned to school, earning a BSBA in Accounting in 1973 and a JD in 1976, both from the University of Florida.īlack was a career military officer. He graduated from high school in 1962 and studied at the University of Miami for a year before enlisting in the Marine Corps. Black's first job was working at the Miami Serpentarium, importing cobras, vipers and other venomous snakes, and preparing them for transport to zoos throughout the world. His father was an IRS agent who helped investigate organized crime. Black was born in northern Virginia in 1944 and grew up in Miami as the middle of three children.