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Black History Month kicks off at Vandenberg

Capt. Rod Smith, 576th Flight Test Squadron, delivers an opening speech during a Black History month ceremony at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on February 1.  The ceremony was to honor those of black heritage in our armed services and around the world for their important and respectable roles in today’s society.  (Air Force Photo by Amn Adam Guy)

Capt. Rod Smith, 576th Flight Test Squadron, delivers the opening speech during a Black History Month ceremony at Vandenberg's Pacific Coast Club Feb. 1. The ceremony was to honor those of black heritage in our armed services and around the world for their important and respectable roles in today’s society. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Adam Guy)

Mrs. Monica Chisolm delivers a speech while Captain Johnny Galbert, 576th Flight Test Squadron, pieces together a puzzle during a Black History month ceremony at Vandenberg on February 1.  The puzzle is to show the respectable leadership of those in the past decades including Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Booker T. Washington and many others who made a difference in black history.  (Air Force Photo by Airman Adam Guy)

Monica Chisolm, 576th Flight Test Squadron, delivers a speech while Capt. Johnny Galbert, also of the 576th FLTS, pieces together a puzzle during a Black History Month ceremony at Vandenberg's Pacific Coast Club Feb. 1. The puzzle shows the respectable leadership of those in the past decades including Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Booker T. Washington and many others who made a difference in black history. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Adam Guy)

Colonel Teresa Djuric, 30th Space Wing vice commander, delivers a speech during a Black History month ceremony at Vandenberg on February 1.  The ceremony was to honor those of black heritage in our armed services and around the world for their important and respectable roles in today’s society ( Air Force Photo by Amn Adam Guy)

Col. Teresa Djuric, 30th Space Wing vice commander, delivers a speech during a Black History Month ceremony at Vandenberg's Pacific Coast Club Feb. 1. The ceremony honored those of black heritage in our armed services and around the world for their important and respectable roles in today’s society. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Adam Guy)