Brig. Gen. Alfred K. Flowers, Jr. (center), Air Force Medical Service Manpower, Personnel and Resources director, gets his brigadier general rank pinned on by his sons, Kendell Flowers (left), a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and Ayden Flowers, a cadet at Texas A&M, during his promotion ceremony at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington Va., Sept. 7, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Mahler)