WRAIR highlights Soldiers on MLK Day

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WRAIR MLK Day Portraits

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research highlights Soldiers in MLK day portrait series. Pictured Maj. Derese Getnet. "Being able to see the world from someone else's point of view, especially someone I disagree with, has allowed me to develop more compassion," said Getnet. "Compassion does not mean 'being soft' but understanding, which enables open discourse." (U.S. Army photo by Mike Walters/Released)

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WRAIR MLK Day Portraits

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research highlights Soldiers in MLK day portrait series. Pictured Maj. Damon Ellison. Regarding MLK day, Ellison said, "My experiences in the Army and life have led me to reflect on diversity and equality on MLK Day, specifically, the importance of diversity and how it heightens life's experiences and the essential nature of equality in the human experience." (U.S. Army photo by Mike Walters/Released)

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WRAIR MLK Day Portraits

Walter Reed Institute of Research portrait series highlight Soldiers on MLK day. Pictured Sgt. Alfred Luga. "One aspect of MLK's life that resonates with me is his ability to bring people from different ethnicities and backgrounds together," said Luga. "Due to his sacrifices, I have more rights as a black man today compared to those prior to the 1960s." (U.S. Army photo by Mike Walters/Released)

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MLK day Portraits series

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research highlights Soldiers in MLK day portrait series. Pictured: Capt. Richard Kevorkian. Regarding MLK Day, Kevorkian said, "While struggling with my own self-image/self-doubts I remember that 'everybody can be great...because anybody can serve.' Being the best is not as important as making many small, positive steps in the right direction." (U.S. Army photo by Mike Walters/Released)

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WRAIR MLK Day Portraits

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research highlights Soldiers in MLK day portrait series. Pictured CPL Dominique Richardson. "I graduated from the University of Alabama and when I reflect on the life of MLK, I think about how in 1963 George Wallace stood in the way of two black students who went to school there," Richardson said. "It makes me grateful that I had the opportunity to go to school there...less than 60 years ago, I wouldn't have had that opportunity." (U.S. Army photo by Mike Walters/Released)

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Walter Reed Army Institute of Research highlighted Soldiers in a Martin Luther King's Day portrait series Jan 12. The Soldiers were asked to reflect on the life of MLK, his contribution to racial equality and one aspect of his life that resonated with them. "I graduated from the University of Alabama and when I reflect on the life of MLK, I think about how in 1963 George Wallace stood in the way of two black students who went to school there," said Cpl Dominique Richardson. "It makes me grateful that I had the opportunity to go to school there...less than 60 years ago, I wouldn't have had that opportunity."

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