The instructions were published Tuesday in a Defense Intelligence Agency memo and affect 11 annual events, including Black History Month, which begins Saturday, and National Hispanic Heritage

Other events that will be impacted include those related to Black History Month, Women's History Month, Women's Equality Day, National Hispanic Heritage Month, and National American Indian Heritage Month.

The Pentagon’s intelligence agency has put on hold observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other annual historical or cultural events due to