Christopher Vedvick, left, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, presents Kennedy Space Center’s Associate Director, Technical, Kelvin Manning with a proclamation designating Kennedy a Purple Heart Entity during a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Training Auditorium. Kennedy is the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following this recognition, Vedvick, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.