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FORT HOOD, Texas -- James H. Meredith (2^nd from right), a prominent civil rights activist, and Gary L. Hackbarth (left), George Lewis (2^nd from left)  and Robert Taylor (right), veterans from 720^th Military Police Battalion, 89^th MP Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas, respond to questions from the local and national media during a African American Black History Month Observance event Feb. 25, 2016, at Fort Hood. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Alexander Skripnichuk, 13th Public Affairs Detachment)