Brig. Gen. Christopher “Mookie” Walker, Assistant Adjutant General - Air, gives a speech following his receipt of the inaugural West Virginia Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs (HHOMA) Trailblazer Award during a Black History Month ceremony held at the West Virginia Division of Arts, Culture, and History Cultural Center in Charleston, W.Va., Feb. 23, 2019. The Trailblazer Award is meant to honor those West Virginians within minority communities that exhibit a life of excellence. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston)