Space Observer May 20, 2021

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V O L . 65 NO. 20

T H U R S DAY, M AY 20, 2021

SPACE OBSERVER P E T E R S O N

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GOLD STAR FAMILIES GATHER FOR FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY

(Photos by U.S. Space Command photos by Lewis Carlyle)

U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, commander of United States Space Command, addresses a crowd of service members and Gold Star families during USSPACECOM’s Gold Star service flag raising ceremony May 7 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. The ceremony was held in conjunction with Gold Star Awareness Month.

Gold Star families from Colorado’s Front Range place remembrance roses at the base of the flagpole May 7 during a Gold Star flag raising ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Each rose represented a fallen service member.

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DEFENDERS HONOR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK PAGE 2

United States Space Command service members await the start of the Gold Star flag raising ceremony May 7 outside USSPACECOM headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Each family was given a single remembrance rose to place at the base of the Gold Star flagpole in memory of their service member.

NEWS 1-8 | CLASSIFIED 9 | CROSSWORD 10

U.S. NAVY SEABEE DIVE TEAM CONDUCTS DIVING EXERCISES PAGE 3

FACES OF SPACE – MASTER SGT. JAMES RANDOLPH PAGE 4

SPACED OUT BLASTS OFF WITH OPENING RECEPTION PAGE 6


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