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Turner G. Blount, one of the first African Americans

Turner G. Blount, one of the first African Americans

Turner G. Blount, one of the first African Americans to serve in the Marine Corps, bows his head in prayer during the 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group Black History Month observation at Camp Le... More

Coast Guard Rear Adm. Stephen W. Rochon, retired, speaks

Coast Guard Rear Adm. Stephen W. Rochon, retired, speaks

Coast Guard Rear Adm. Stephen W. Rochon, retired, speaks to Coast Guard members about the significance of African-American contributions to the Coast Guard, Feb. 26, 2013, at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach. Rocho... More

Key Arts Productions’ Joe Patterson (right) introduces

Key Arts Productions’ Joe Patterson (right) introduces

Key Arts Productions’ Joe Patterson (right) introduces a video presentation of African-Americans in times of war at Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support in Philadelphia on Feb. 28. Joined by Key Arts vocalist... More

75th FAB Culinary Specialist Reflects On The Importance Of African-American History

75th FAB Culinary Specialist Reflects On The Importance Of African-Ame...

Spc. Dominic Gordon, a culinary specialist assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Field Artillery Regiment, 75th Field Artillery Brigade, Fort Sill, OK, poses for a photo after preparing lunch for the Soldiers of Fort ... More

The Joint Task Force Civil Support Multicultural Committee

The Joint Task Force Civil Support Multicultural Committee

The Joint Task Force Civil Support Multicultural Committee poses for a group photo with Ezra Hill a Black History Month celebration held Feb. 22, 2013. Hill is a retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. and was a mem... More

Greg Jones (center), chief diversity officer for United

Greg Jones (center), chief diversity officer for United

Greg Jones (center), chief diversity officer for United Airlines, poses for a photo with members of Kirtland’s Black History Month committee at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Feb. 28, 2019. Jones, Kirtland’s Bl... More

Civilians and service members show respect while colors

Civilians and service members show respect while colors

Civilians and service members show respect while colors are presented during a ceremony at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Theater Friday, celebrating the legacy of the Montford Point Marines. From 19... More

Photographs commemorating milestones in African-American

Photographs commemorating milestones in African-American

Photographs commemorating milestones in African-American history are seen along a wall at the 210th Fires Brigade dinning facility at Camp Casey in Gyeonggi province, South Korea, Feb. 21, 2013. The display was... More

The Vicenza military community celebrated Black History

The Vicenza military community celebrated Black History

The Vicenza military community celebrated Black History Month Feb. 21 with a "Freedom and Equality March," guest speaker Col. Jonathan Johnson, dancing, music, poetry and food sampling.

Ezra Hill speaks to Joint Task Force Civil Support

Ezra Hill speaks to Joint Task Force Civil Support

Ezra Hill speaks to Joint Task Force Civil Support staff members during a Black History Month celebration held Feb. 22, 2013. Hill is a retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. and was a member of the legendary Tuske... More

The Multicultural Gospel Choir performs for guests

The Multicultural Gospel Choir performs for guests

The Multicultural Gospel Choir performs for guests at the Sandy Basin Community Center during the African-American History Month Celebration at Fort Irwin, Calif., Feb. 1.

Sgt. Paul Sowu, automated logistics specialist assigned

Sgt. Paul Sowu, automated logistics specialist assigned

Sgt. Paul Sowu, automated logistics specialist assigned to Headquarters Support Company, Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, sings, "What a Wonderful World."

Regional Health Command Europe chief of staff reflects on 30 years of service

Regional Health Command Europe chief of staff reflects on 30 years of ...

Col. Andre Pippen, the chief of staff for Regional Health Command Europe, poses for a photo. Pippen is preparing to retire from the U.S. Army after 30 years of service.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gissell Gilbert, a computer

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gissell Gilbert, a computer

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gissell Gilbert, a computer technician from Brooklyn, N.Y., assigned to 151st Expeditionary Battalion, recites the Maya Angelou poem, "Phenomenal Woman."

U.S. Marine Corps Col. David E. Jones, commanding officer

U.S. Marine Corps Col. David E. Jones, commanding officer

U.S. Marine Corps Col. David E. Jones, commanding officer of Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools, his family, and guests bow their heads for the invocation during the African-American History Month roun... More

Tech. Sgt. Lachaunda Morgan, 436th Medical Support

Tech. Sgt. Lachaunda Morgan, 436th Medical Support

Tech. Sgt. Lachaunda Morgan, 436th Medical Support Squadron, evaluates an entry in the African American Heritage Committee Soul Food Cook-off Feb. 5, 2014, at the Base Chapel on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Morga... More

Robert Young, an Army veteran and nephew of Sgt. Issac

Robert Young, an Army veteran and nephew of Sgt. Issac

Robert Young, an Army veteran and nephew of Sgt. Issac Woodard, talks with U.S. Army Training Center Commander Brig. Gen. Milford “Beags” Beagle Jr., after the African American and Black History Month Observanc... More

Buffalo Soldier prints by famed historical artist Dale

Buffalo Soldier prints by famed historical artist Dale

Buffalo Soldier prints by famed historical artist Dale Gallon, hang in the U.S. Army Reserve Command(USARC) Headquarters at Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 12, 2013. The prints, located on the first floor near the USARC... More

Grover C. Lewis III speaks about the history of African

Grover C. Lewis III speaks about the history of African

Grover C. Lewis III speaks about the history of African American Marines and problems with African American education at the Montford Point Marine Museum at Camp Johnson on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Feb. ... More

Members of the Karar International Dance Academy perform

Members of the Karar International Dance Academy perform

Members of the Karar International Dance Academy perform an interpretive dance routine at the Black History Observance at Club Hood in Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 13, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kyle Fisch/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Robin C. Fortner, director

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Robin C. Fortner, director

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Robin C. Fortner, director of Marine Corps University SNCO Academy, addresses guests during the African-American History Month round-table held aboard Camp Johnson, N.C., Feb. 24, 20... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Fox, a chemical Noncommissioned

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Fox, a chemical Noncommissioned

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Fox, a chemical Noncommissioned officer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 210th Fires Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, sets up his music equipment for the Black Hist... More

Guest speaker Willie Larkin speaks to Fort McCoy, Wis.,

Guest speaker Willie Larkin speaks to Fort McCoy, Wis.,

Guest speaker Willie Larkin speaks to Fort McCoy, Wis., community members at the Black History Month observance Feb. 20, 2020, at McCoy's Community Center. Larkin has a doctorate in agricultural education and i... More

U.S. Marine Corps MAJ. GEN., retired, Charles Bolden, Jr. (right) spends time with U.S. Army MASTER SGT. Pagan along with other soldiers of the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) during African American history month. GEN. Bolden's many accomplishments include being the first African American Marine to serve as a Space Shuttle pilot and commander for NASA, he flew four missions aboard the space shuttles Columbia, Discovery and Atlantis. He also assisted in deploying the Hubble Space Telescope and was a U.S. Navy aviator with more than 100 combat missions in South Asia. General Bolden also served as Deputy Commandant of Midshipmen at the U. S. Naval Academy. (U.S. Army PHOTO by Chris...

U.S. Marine Corps MAJ. GEN., retired, Charles Bolden, Jr. (right) spen...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: U.S. Marine Corps MAJ. GEN., retired, Charles Bolden, Jr. (right) spends time with U.S. Army MASTER SGT. Pagan along with other ... More

Admiral speaks during a National African-American History Month observance

Admiral speaks during a National African-American History Month observ...

Rear Adm. Julius S. Caesar, vice director of Joint Concept Development and Experimentation for U.S. Joint Forces Command, speaks during an observance of National African-American History Month at the Office of ... More

World War II medals presented to Tennessee soldier after 71-year delay

World War II medals presented to Tennessee soldier after 71-year delay

Pfc. Henry R. Shaw is presented with the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with two Bronze Service Stars and the World War II Victory Medal for his military service after a 71-year delay in obtaini... More

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers and civilians from the 1st

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers and civilians from the 1st

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers and civilians from the 1st Mission Support Command (MSC) came together to honor and recognize African American History Month at the Fort Buchanan Community Center, February 16. The co... More

Soldiers and civilians residing on Camp Arifjan listen

Soldiers and civilians residing on Camp Arifjan listen

Soldiers and civilians residing on Camp Arifjan listen intently to the invocation during the Black History Month Celebration in the Morale, Recreational and Welfare Theater, Feb. 22, 2017, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.... More

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Tianna A. Lebron, a student

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Tianna A. Lebron, a student

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Tianna A. Lebron, a student assigned to Personnel Administration School, Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools (MCCSSS), grabs a plate of corn on the cob during the MCCSSS luncheon ... More

Lt. Gen. Michael X. Garrett, U.S. Army Central commanding

Lt. Gen. Michael X. Garrett, U.S. Army Central commanding

Lt. Gen. Michael X. Garrett, U.S. Army Central commanding general, speaks to Soldiers at the USARCENT National African American History Month observance, Feb. 25, 2016, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Garrett was this... More

Airman 1st Class Shanteisha Gordon and Staff Sgt. Tayonn

Airman 1st Class Shanteisha Gordon and Staff Sgt. Tayonn

Airman 1st Class Shanteisha Gordon and Staff Sgt. Tayonn Harvey, 3rd Airlift Squadron C-17 loadmasters, give a passenger briefing to a group of ROTC and JROTC cadets Feb. 12, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del... More

Yadriel Rivera De Jesus, the son of a U.S. service

Yadriel Rivera De Jesus, the son of a U.S. service

Yadriel Rivera De Jesus, the son of a U.S. service member and guitarist for the Voices of Victory Choir plays nondenominational songs of praise during an international gospel concert in Mons, Belgium, Feb. 26, ... More

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 2nd

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 2nd

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Cassandra Styles delivers a reading about historic figure Doris Miller during the African American History Month event at Naval Medical Center Portsmo... More

Lt. Shelley Pulliam from Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR)

Lt. Shelley Pulliam from Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR)

Lt. Shelley Pulliam from Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR) speaks about his Petersburg, Va., Hallowed Grounds static display during an African American History Month celebration, which this year had the theme ... More

Sarah Kalonji sings a traditional African song, during

Sarah Kalonji sings a traditional African song, during

Sarah Kalonji sings a traditional African song, during a nondenominational event to raise the spirits of both the U.S. military and the local national crowd in Mons, Belgium, Feb. 26, 2016. Gospel music has hi... More

Garrison Commander Col. Hui Chae Kim speaks to Fort

Garrison Commander Col. Hui Chae Kim speaks to Fort

Garrison Commander Col. Hui Chae Kim speaks to Fort McCoy, Wis., community members at the Black History Month observance Feb. 20, 2020, at McCoy's Community Center. The guest speaker was Willie Larkin, who has ... More

Ready, Get Set, Go!, US Army Photo

Ready, Get Set, Go!, US Army Photo

Soldiers of Company C, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, from Fort Riley, Kan., participated in the Buffalo Soldier 5K Run at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Feb. 27, ... More

The legend of Yasuke - A drawing of a man wearing a viking helmet

The legend of Yasuke - A drawing of a man wearing a viking helmet

An artist's illustration of Yasuke, an African slave who traveled with Italian Jesuit missionaries when they arrived in Japan in 1579. Legend has it Yasuke caused such a commotion upon his arrival people came i... More

Soldiers and civilians gathered at the Camp Casey Warriors

Soldiers and civilians gathered at the Camp Casey Warriors

Soldiers and civilians gathered at the Camp Casey Warriors Club for the 302nd Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Black History Music Festival Feb. 8, 2013. Chants... More

Joseph Kennerly performs a musical rendition of “Lift

Joseph Kennerly performs a musical rendition of “Lift

Joseph Kennerly performs a musical rendition of “Lift up your voice and sing,” during the annual African American History Month observance at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Feb. 9.

Equal in All Ways to All Paratroopers – The Origin of the “Triple Nickles”

Equal in All Ways to All Paratroopers – The Origin of the “Triple Nick...

The shoulder insignia of the 555th Parachute Infantry Regiment, known as the “Triple Nickles.” Courtesy Photo

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jerry W. Albright, human resources

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jerry W. Albright, human resources

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jerry W. Albright, human resources technician with the 90th Troop Command, speaks with Staff Sgt. James Hulen, human resources assistant with the 90th Troop Command, in his office on Feb... More

Staff Sgt. Ashly Piepenburg with the Fort McCoy, Wis.,

Staff Sgt. Ashly Piepenburg with the Fort McCoy, Wis.,

Staff Sgt. Ashly Piepenburg with the Fort McCoy, Wis., Noncommissioned Officer Academy begins the Black History Month observance Feb. 20, 2020, at McCoy's Community Center. (U.S. Army photo by Aimee Malone, Pub... More

Vice Adm. Michelle Howard, deputy commander of U.S.

Vice Adm. Michelle Howard, deputy commander of U.S.

Vice Adm. Michelle Howard, deputy commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, speaks to personnel at Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force (COMOPTEVFOR) during a Black History Month celebration at COMOPT... More

160217-N-UP569-109 NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan

160217-N-UP569-109 NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan

160217-N-UP569-109 NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan (Feb. 17, 2016) – Hospitalman Maria Liddicote gives a presentation showcasing African Americans who have transcended the barriers of race in the military. Nav... More

Triple Nickle member Jesse Mayes prepares to jump from

Triple Nickle member Jesse Mayes prepares to jump from

Triple Nickle member Jesse Mayes prepares to jump from a C-47.

Willie Larkin, former president of Grambling State

Willie Larkin, former president of Grambling State

Willie Larkin, former president of Grambling State University in Louisiana, speaks to Fort McCoy community members during the installation’s observance of African-American/Black History Month on Feb. 9, 2017, a... More

190218-N-BY095-0260 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 18, 2019)

190218-N-BY095-0260 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 18, 2019)

190218-N-BY095-0260 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 18, 2019) Cmdr. Ray Glenn, executive officer aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) speaks to the crew during an African American ... More

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Thomas James, left, the deputy

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Thomas James, left, the deputy

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Thomas James, left, the deputy commanding general of the 1st Cavalry Division, presents members of the Karar International Dance Academy, accompanied by Tilden J. Morgan, of the Buffalo Sol... More

The Voices of Victory Choir sing traditional gospel

The Voices of Victory Choir sing traditional gospel

The Voices of Victory Choir sing traditional gospel music, during a nondenominational event to raise the spirits of both the U.S. military and local national crowd in Mons, Belgium, Feb. 26, 2016. Gospel music... More

Guest speaker Willie Larkin speaks to Fort McCoy, Wis.,

Guest speaker Willie Larkin speaks to Fort McCoy, Wis.,

Guest speaker Willie Larkin speaks to Fort McCoy, Wis., community members at the Black History Month observance Feb. 20, 2020, at McCoy's Community Center. Larkin has a doctorate in agricultural education and i... More

Airmen watch a video presented by the African American

Airmen watch a video presented by the African American

Airmen watch a video presented by the African American Heritage Committee during the Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast at the Yukon Club Jan. 29, 2013, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The event paid tribute to K... More

Kevin Briscoe, right, the cub president and Tilden

Kevin Briscoe, right, the cub president and Tilden

Kevin Briscoe, right, the cub president and Tilden Morgan, a guest speaker, both with the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club, Killeen Charter, attend the Black History Month Observance event in Club Hood at Fort ... More

Portrait Category:  Gospel Singer

Portrait Category: Gospel Singer

Tracy Naveau, a member of the Voices of Victory choir sings traditional gospel music during a nondenominational event to inspire fellowship between the members of the U.S. military and local communities in Mons... More

Tech. Sgt. James Beck, the 34th Bomb Squadron aviation

Tech. Sgt. James Beck, the 34th Bomb Squadron aviation

Tech. Sgt. James Beck, the 34th Bomb Squadron aviation resource management noncommissioned officer in charge, speaks about base events being held in recognition of African American History Month at Ellsworth Ai... More

Members of the Pocheon African Music and Dance Troupe

Members of the Pocheon African Music and Dance Troupe

Members of the Pocheon African Music and Dance Troupe perform a traditional song during the Black History Music Festival in the Camp Casey Warriors Club at Gyeonggi province, South Korea, Feb. 8, 2013. Dance an... More

U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Nadeau presents a book

U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Nadeau presents a book

U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Nadeau presents a book on Coast Guard history to keynote speaker Brig. Gen. William J. Walker after a presentation at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington D.C., Feb. 15, 2... More

Buffalo Soldier prints by famed historical artist Dale

Buffalo Soldier prints by famed historical artist Dale

Buffalo Soldier prints by famed historical artist Dale Gallon, hang in the U.S. Army Reserve Command(USARC) Headquarters on Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 12, 2013. The prints, located on the first floor near the USARC... More

Ozell Jackson, a retired Navy chief petty officer and

Ozell Jackson, a retired Navy chief petty officer and

Ozell Jackson, a retired Navy chief petty officer and guest speaker at Naval Station Everett's Black History Month ceremony, speaks about this year's theme, "At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality," and equa... More

Ashanti Branch, daughter of Timothy Branch, 21st Theater

Ashanti Branch, daughter of Timothy Branch, 21st Theater

Ashanti Branch, daughter of Timothy Branch, 21st Theater Sustainment Command G3 Plans plans specialist, dances to traditional music at the Black History Month luncheon at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 19, 20... More

A member of the Cherry Point chapter of the Montford

A member of the Cherry Point chapter of the Montford

A member of the Cherry Point chapter of the Montford Point Marines Association observes a ceremony at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Theater Friday, commemorating the Montford Point Marines, the firs... More

Col. Tyler Schaff, 436th Mission Support Group commander,

Col. Tyler Schaff, 436th Mission Support Group commander,

Col. Tyler Schaff, 436th Mission Support Group commander, makes opening comments during the African American/Black History Month luncheon at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Feb. 28, 2020. The luncheon focused o... More

U.S. Marine Corps Col. David E. Jones, commanding officer

U.S. Marine Corps Col. David E. Jones, commanding officer

U.S. Marine Corps Col. David E. Jones, commanding officer of Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools, presents Sgt. Maj. Robin C. Fortner, director of Marine Corps University SNCO Academy, with a gift durin... More

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Thomas James, left, the deputy

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Thomas James, left, the deputy

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Thomas James, left, the deputy commanding general of the 1st Cavalry Division presents a certificate of appreciation to members the Karar International Dance Academy for their performance a... More

Group picture of singers of the Harlem Renaissance

Group picture of singers of the Harlem Renaissance

Group picture of singers of the Harlem Renaissance Choir, Senior Master Sgt. Lindsey Cunningham (top left), 106th Rescue Wing Human Resource Advisor and producer of the 369th Video Tribute, Senior Airman Dewayn... More

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2020) Naval Medical Center

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2020) Naval Medical Center

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2020) Naval Medical Center Portsmouth's (NMCP) galley staff serves a cultural meal for the African American History Month celebration at NMCP on Feb. 26. NMCP's Diversity Committee hos... More

160229-N-GP524-060
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 29, 2016) Aviation

160229-N-GP524-060 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 29, 2016) Aviation

160229-N-GP524-060 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 29, 2016) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Airman Malik Robinson recites Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “ I Have A Dream” speech during an African-American Heritage Mo... More

Veteran African American regiment, its band, among those to be honored at Fort Benning

Veteran African American regiment, its band, among those to be honored...

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Soldiers of the all-African American 24th Infantry Regiment and family members in 1941 outside the building here that housed the regiment's post exchange and snack bar. The building, which w... More

U.S. Army soldiers from the 11th Transportation Battalion,

U.S. Army soldiers from the 11th Transportation Battalion,

U.S. Army soldiers from the 11th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), perform a skit during an African-American History Month observance ceremony at Fort Eustis, Va., Feb. 21, 2... More

Daisy Sudderth, 2019 Miss Omaha’s outstanding teen,

Daisy Sudderth, 2019 Miss Omaha’s outstanding teen,

Daisy Sudderth, 2019 Miss Omaha’s outstanding teen, speaks at the African American Luncheon Feb. 12, 2019 at the Warhawk Community Center, Offutt AFB, Nebraska. The event featured guest speakers of Afican-Ameri... More

Capt. Duwayne Ruffin, Rear-Detachment commander of

Capt. Duwayne Ruffin, Rear-Detachment commander of

Capt. Duwayne Ruffin, Rear-Detachment commander of the 626th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), educates fifth graders Feb. 22 at Liberty Elem... More

Otis Toussaint sings “A Change is Gonna Come" during

Otis Toussaint sings “A Change is Gonna Come" during

Otis Toussaint sings “A Change is Gonna Come" during U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz African-American History Month celebration hosted by the Army Reserve’s 7th Mission Support Command Feb. 9 at the Kaisersl... More

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2020) Naval Medical Center

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2020) Naval Medical Center

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2020) Naval Medical Center Portsmouth's (NMCP) galley staff serves a cultural meal for the African American History Month celebration at NMCP on Feb. 26. NMCP's Diversity Committee hos... More

Vice Adm. Michelle Howard, deputy commander of U.S.

Vice Adm. Michelle Howard, deputy commander of U.S.

Vice Adm. Michelle Howard, deputy commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, and Rear Adm. Jeffrey Penfield, commander of Operational Test and Evaluation Force (COMOPTEVFOR), share a laugh during COMOPTEVFOR's Bla... More

A mannequin of a Buffalo Soldier was one of the center

A mannequin of a Buffalo Soldier was one of the center

A mannequin of a Buffalo Soldier was one of the center pieces for a presentation given by officers and soldiers from 6th “Saber” Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fo... More

Combat Direction Systems Activity Honors African American Heroes and History with Dramatic Readings

Combat Direction Systems Activity Honors African American Heroes and H...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Employees from Combat Direction Systems Activity Dam Neck gave dramatic readings of eight African American heroes during CDSA’s African American History Month celebration. Heroes who were ... More

A video on the history of African American Marines

A video on the history of African American Marines

A video on the history of African American Marines is played during the African American History Celebration at Montford Point Marine Museum at Camp Johnston on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Feb. 15, 2017. Th... More

The Vicenza military community celebrated Black History

The Vicenza military community celebrated Black History

The Vicenza military community celebrated Black History Month Feb. 21 with a "Freedom and Equality March," guest speaker Col. Jonathan Johnson, dancing, music, poetry and food sampling.

A member of the Pocheon African Music and Dance Troupe

A member of the Pocheon African Music and Dance Troupe

A member of the Pocheon African Music and Dance Troupe performs a solo to entertain the crowd during the Black History Music Festival, sponsored by the 302nd Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Comba... More

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2020) Retired Vice Adm. Bruce

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2020) Retired Vice Adm. Bruce

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Feb. 26, 2020) Retired Vice Adm. Bruce Estes Grooms delivers an inspirational speech during the African American History Month event at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) on Feb. 26. NMCP’s... More

New York City dancers, Instruments of Praise Dance

New York City dancers, Instruments of Praise Dance

New York City dancers, Instruments of Praise Dance Troupe perform in front of the 106th Rescue Wing members in celebration of National African American History Month, Feb. 6, 2016. The purpose of the National A... More

Dancers from the Lula Washington Dance Theater perform

Dancers from the Lula Washington Dance Theater perform

Dancers from the Lula Washington Dance Theater perform for the 311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command (Rear) in observance of Black History Month at West Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 10, 2013.

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 28, 2016) -- Command Master Chief

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 28, 2016) -- Command Master Chief

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 28, 2016) -- Command Master Chief Warren Britten gives opening remarks to the crew for the African American History Month talent show aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawre... More

Willie Larkin, former president of Grambling State

Willie Larkin, former president of Grambling State

Willie Larkin, former president of Grambling State University in Louisiana, speaks to Fort McCoy community members during the installation’s observance of African-American/Black History Month on Feb. 9, 2017, a... More

Renaldo Walker, an Air Force veteran and human resources

Renaldo Walker, an Air Force veteran and human resources

Renaldo Walker, an Air Force veteran and human resources generalist and adjunct professor at University of Maryland University College Europe, portrays Frederick Douglass during U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfa... More

African-American History Month

African-American History Month

Graphic about African-American History Month. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Senior Airman Kiana Pearson)

Command Sgt. Maj. William W. Russell III
Joint Force

Command Sgt. Maj. William W. Russell III Joint Force

Command Sgt. Maj. William W. Russell III Joint Force Headquarters, Michigan National Guard Russell joined the U.S. Army in 1989 where he served 10 years before enlisting in the Michigan Army National Guard. Whe... More

Staff Sgt. Temika Jackson, Regimental Headquarters

Staff Sgt. Temika Jackson, Regimental Headquarters

Staff Sgt. Temika Jackson, Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, performs with the Multicultural Gospel Choir during the African-American History Month Celebration at th... More

Brig. Gen. William J. Walker pauses for a moment after

Brig. Gen. William J. Walker pauses for a moment after

Brig. Gen. William J. Walker pauses for a moment after giving a speech at an African American History Month event at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Feb. 15, 2018. Walker is the acting comman... More

Dr. Annemarie Moore-Handley, 436th Airlift Wing Equal

Dr. Annemarie Moore-Handley, 436th Airlift Wing Equal

Dr. Annemarie Moore-Handley, 436th Airlift Wing Equal Opportunity director, delivers the keynote speech during the African American/Black History Month luncheon at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Feb. 28, 2020.... More

A poster commemorating Black History Month rests on

A poster commemorating Black History Month rests on

A poster commemorating Black History Month rests on an easel near the entrance to the 210th Fires Brigade dining facility at Camp Casey in Gyeonggi province, South Korea, Feb. 21, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc... More

Dr. RaJade M. Berry-James, the guest speaker for the

Dr. RaJade M. Berry-James, the guest speaker for the

Dr. RaJade M. Berry-James, the guest speaker for the African American History Month (AAHM) event, receives a gift from Col. James L. Shelton Jr., Commanding Officer of Marine Corps Combat Service Support School... More

Daisy Sudderth, 2019 Miss Omaha’s outstanding teen,

Daisy Sudderth, 2019 Miss Omaha’s outstanding teen,

Daisy Sudderth, 2019 Miss Omaha’s outstanding teen, answers questions at the African American Luncheon Feb. 12, 2019 at the Warhawk Community Center, Offutt AFB, Nebraska. “I don’t want these titles to boast ab... More

Pfc. Yakeeim Boast, assigned to 707th Military Intelligence

Pfc. Yakeeim Boast, assigned to 707th Military Intelligence

Pfc. Yakeeim Boast, assigned to 707th Military Intelligence Battalion at Fort Gordon, Ga., was a guest performer Feb. 13 at Fort Drum's annual African American History Month observance.

Capt. Duval Tyson, commander of the Army Reserve’s

Capt. Duval Tyson, commander of the Army Reserve’s

Capt. Duval Tyson, commander of the Army Reserve’s 1st Mobilization Support Group headquartered at Fort Totten, N.Y., receives final make-up from Nani Hernandez, prior to shooting a Black History Month video fe... More

Soldiers dressed in period-correct uniforms during

Soldiers dressed in period-correct uniforms during

Soldiers dressed in period-correct uniforms during a reflection on key African American Soldiers through history whose actions have had an impact on Soldiers today at the Woodruff Theater, Fort Stewart, Georgia... More

(Right) Master Sgt. Simone Lewis-Livous receives a

(Right) Master Sgt. Simone Lewis-Livous receives a

(Right) Master Sgt. Simone Lewis-Livous receives a personalized autograph by Tuskegee Airman Dr. Granville Coggs at the Joint Base San Antonio African-American History Month opening ceremony at Wilford Hall Amb... More

Dancers from the Lula Washington Dance Theater perform

Dancers from the Lula Washington Dance Theater perform

Dancers from the Lula Washington Dance Theater perform for the 311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command (Rear) in observance of Black History Month at West Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 10, 2013.

Willie Larkin, former president of Grambling State

Willie Larkin, former president of Grambling State

Willie Larkin, former president of Grambling State University in Louisiana, speaks to Fort McCoy community members during the installation’s observance of African-American/Black History Month on Feb. 9, 2017, a... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Giselle Moody, 354th Medical

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Giselle Moody, 354th Medical

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Giselle Moody, 354th Medical Group noncommissioned officer in charge of education and training, prepares a to-go lunch during an African American Heritage Committee Soul Food Luncheon ... More

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