The deputy director of #USSPACECOM's Strategy, Plans and Policy Directorate received his first star yesterday at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Brig. Gen. Devin Pepper is the first prior-enlisted and first African American general officer in the United States Space Force. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1989 and commissioned through the Officer Training School in 1996. 
<p>Before coming to Peterson Space Force Base, Pepper was Buckley Space Force Base's garrison commander. 
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(Photos by John Ayre, U.S. Space Command Public Affairs Office)
John Ayre, U.S. Space Command
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