Black History Month

We stand during Black History Month to honor the military change makers, the freedom fighters and those who paved the way.

Gen. Colin Powell, a son of Jamaican immigrants, rose to the top of the U.S. military.

Josephine Baker was a worldwide sensation at a time when Black performers were playing to segregated audiences in the United...

The two men stared at each other, pistols ready, in the Libyan desert like something out of a western movie.

Vincent Patton III served as the eighth master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard from 1998-2002.

Montel Williams enlisted in the Marines and served in the Navy before becoming a television host and motivational speaker.

After combat missions over Vietnam, Col. Guion S. Bluford Jr. flew on to become America's first Black astronaut.

The Tuskegee Airmen and the Montford Point Marines made significant contributions to the U.S. military.

"The more we know about our history, the more likely we are to learn from past mistakes and benefit from lessons learned,"...

The first African American in Union uniform, Nick Biddle was also the first man wounded in the Civil War.