Maj. Franz Conway, Headquarter and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, (Left) and Lt. Col. Ronald Kirklin, commander of 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd BCT, (Right) pose for a picture with the author of the Black History Month award winning essay, Spc. Benjamin Sternick, Company A, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd BCT, (Center). Sternick's essay was called, "They Served with Pride: A Brief History of African-American Servicemen."