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Marines welcome home Staff Sgt. Wesley L. Kroenung,

Marines welcome home Staff Sgt. Wesley L. Kroenung,

Marines welcome home Staff Sgt. Wesley L. Kroenung, a fallen World War II Marine, from the airport at San Diego International Airport in San Diego, Calif., on Aug. 13. Kroenung’s remains were buried on the isla... More

TF Patriot leaders, comrades honor fallen Soldier

TF Patriot leaders, comrades honor fallen Soldier

U.S. Army Spc. Omar Soltero was a 28-year-old San Antonio native assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division’s Task F... More

TF Patriot honors fallen comrade

TF Patriot honors fallen comrade

A photo of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Scott Milley (2nd Lt. rank in photo).

Greg Thompson, father of late Marine Corps. Cpl. Lance

Greg Thompson, father of late Marine Corps. Cpl. Lance

Greg Thompson, father of late Marine Corps. Cpl. Lance Thompson of Upland, Ind., killed in action Nov. 15, 2004 in Al Anbar province, Iraq, kisses the hand of a ‘gold star mother’, a mother who has lost a child... More

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at the Mortuary Affairs Collection Point - Bagram for leadership professional development. The small team at the MACP showed the leaders the steps they do in en... More

A memorial stand, recently earned awards and a photo

A memorial stand, recently earned awards and a photo

A memorial stand, recently earned awards and a photo of U.S. Army Pfc. Brandon Pickering, a 21-year-old infantryman from Fort Thomas, Ky., assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigad... More

Indiana deceased Guardsman honored in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Indiana deceased Guardsman honored in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Indiana National Guard Assistant Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. Margaret Washburn, speaks with Terry McCray, stepfather of deceased soldier Spc. Brian Clemens, and Patriot Guardsmen Andrew Cochran and Anita Hall ... More

Sayed Kaml, the older brother of Guardsmen Alam Baik,

Sayed Kaml, the older brother of Guardsmen Alam Baik,

Sayed Kaml, the older brother of Guardsmen Alam Baik, who died April 15 when insurgents attacked Forward Operating Base Finley Shields, holds the Afghan flag after it is presented to him during a ceremony held ... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Alston and Spc. Alford walk past

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Alston and Spc. Alford walk past

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Alston and Spc. Alford walk past photos of Spc. Sergio Perez and Spc. Nicholas Taylor after paying their last respects during the 713th Engineer Company Memorial Ceremony here July 21.

Soldiers listen intently to the eulogy of U.S. Army

Soldiers listen intently to the eulogy of U.S. Army

Soldiers listen intently to the eulogy of U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle McClain. They gathered at Forward Operating Base Pasab to pay their respects. McClain was killed in action by an explosion while conducting a route ... More

Members of the Band of Mid-America make their way to

Members of the Band of Mid-America make their way to

Members of the Band of Mid-America make their way to the stage to play for an audience at O'Fallon Township High School in O'Fallon, Ill., March 16. The band reaches out to family members of fallen heroes and o... More

Airmen from the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron

Airmen from the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron

Airmen from the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron bow their heads during a memorial service May 9, 2013, at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. During the ceremony airmen were able to share stories, ho... More

Wreaths are placed at the base of the Fallen Hero Memorial,

Wreaths are placed at the base of the Fallen Hero Memorial,

Wreaths are placed at the base of the Fallen Hero Memorial, May 27, during the Memorial Day ceremony held at Marne Garden-Forward in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Uriah Walker, RC(S) ... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Daniel S. Morgan, Cross Functional

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Daniel S. Morgan, Cross Functional

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Daniel S. Morgan, Cross Functional Team Summit commander, lowers his head with overwhelming emotion after finishing his speech, during a fallen hero ceremony in Afghanistan, July 27, 2013. (U... More

Soldiers with the 230th Brigade Support Battalion,

Soldiers with the 230th Brigade Support Battalion,

Soldiers with the 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina National Guard, unveil a monument in memory of 1st Lt. Ashley White-Stumpf at the Goldsboro National Guard Arm... More

Pfc. Yoland Peter, an automated logistical specialist

Pfc. Yoland Peter, an automated logistical specialist

Pfc. Yoland Peter, an automated logistical specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Special Troops Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, uses a pressure washer to spray clumps of mud of... More

Brig. Gen. James Blackburn (right), commander, Task

Brig. Gen. James Blackburn (right), commander, Task

Brig. Gen. James Blackburn (right), commander, Task Force Marne, 3rd Infantry Division, lights the burn-display at a special tree-burning ceremony held here on Cottrell Field, Dec. 12. Surrounding Cottrell fiel... More

Soldiers from the Tennessee Army National Guard's 230th

Soldiers from the Tennessee Army National Guard's 230th

Soldiers from the Tennessee Army National Guard's 230th Digital Liaison Detachment, part of the 30th Troop Command, render honors to Col. Martin Basham’s fallen Soldier battle cross during a memorial ceremony h... More

The Louisiana National Guard honors fallen Soldier,

The Louisiana National Guard honors fallen Soldier,

The Louisiana National Guard honors fallen Soldier, Chief Warrant Officer 4 George David Strother during a deplaning ceremony at the LANG’s Army Aviation Support Facility No. 2 at Esler Air Field in Pineville, ... More

Staff Sgt. Cody Standridge (front left) carries a casket

Staff Sgt. Cody Standridge (front left) carries a casket

Staff Sgt. Cody Standridge (front left) carries a casket as part of a Military Funeral Honors team in 2015. Standridge, of Praireville, Louisiana, recently became the first member of the Louisiana National Guar... More

Final miles of remembrance run held on JBM-HH, ANC

Final miles of remembrance run held on JBM-HH, ANC

Flag-holding runners pace themselves on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall’s McNair Road during the final miles of the Virginia Run for the Fallen May 3. The relay runners would stop every mile along the 240-mile r... More

Lt. Col. Samuel Meyer expresses his condolences to

Lt. Col. Samuel Meyer expresses his condolences to

Lt. Col. Samuel Meyer expresses his condolences to the Marines and family of fallen hero, Staff Sgt. Denver Sugano, during a memorial service at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., Nov. 4, 2015. Sugano f... More

Darleen Jones, and Lance. Cpl. Allison App speak to

Darleen Jones, and Lance. Cpl. Allison App speak to

Darleen Jones, and Lance. Cpl. Allison App speak to an audience during the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce Service Person of the Quarter ceremony in Morehead City, N.C., Nov. 13, 2015. App was recognized as... More

Spc. Jose Perez, a mortuary affairs specialist with

Spc. Jose Perez, a mortuary affairs specialist with

Spc. Jose Perez, a mortuary affairs specialist with the 246th Quartermaster Company (Mortuary Affairs), an U.S. Army Reserve unit based out of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, (right), explains the capabilities of a Mobi... More

Lt. Col. Philip H. Lamb, commander, 3rd Squadron, 17th

Lt. Col. Philip H. Lamb, commander, 3rd Squadron, 17th

Lt. Col. Philip H. Lamb, commander, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade addresses the crowd during the dedication ceremony where an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior scout helicopter joins a sta... More

A member of the Patriot Riders stands watch as three

A member of the Patriot Riders stands watch as three

A member of the Patriot Riders stands watch as three Blackhawk helicopters complete a flyover near South Dakota Army National Guard Joint Force Headquarters on September 8, 2018. The flyover was part of the ded... More

Airmen from the 39th Operations Support Squadron pose

Airmen from the 39th Operations Support Squadron pose

Airmen from the 39th Operations Support Squadron pose for a group photo before embarking on a 40-mile bike ride, April 22, 2020, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. The bike ride was held to honor former NFL player a... More

Hundreds make a difference

Hundreds make a difference

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Paul McShan right, a gold star father; and Angelika McShan center, a gold star mother; look at a photo of their son who passed away April 1, 2009, with Angela Gunn, Survivor Outreach Servic... More

Nancy Lee, the sister of Staff Sgt. Wesley L. Kroenung

Nancy Lee, the sister of Staff Sgt. Wesley L. Kroenung

Nancy Lee, the sister of Staff Sgt. Wesley L. Kroenung Jr., and Cmdr. Don Biadog, the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar chaplain, pose for a photo after receiving Kroenung’s remains at The San Diego Internationa... More

Late Marine Corps. Cpl. Lance Thompson’s square on

Late Marine Corps. Cpl. Lance Thompson’s square on

Late Marine Corps. Cpl. Lance Thompson’s square on the Lost Heroes Art Quilt, presented at the Indiana State Capitol building in Indianapolis, Oct. 25. Thompson, from Upland, Ind., was killed in action Nov. 15,... More

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at the Mortuary Affairs Collection Point - Bagram for leadership professional development. The small team at the MACP showed the leaders the steps they do in en... More

Soldiers assigned to the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction

Soldiers assigned to the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction

Soldiers assigned to the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team salute during a memorial service April 9 for U.S. Army Spc. Dennis C. Poulin of Pawtucket, R.I., a gunner with the Massachusetts National Guard's Al... More

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Minos Cashat (right), first sergeant

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Minos Cashat (right), first sergeant

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Minos Cashat (right), first sergeant of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Warrior from Kaplan, La., conducts a last ... More

Mullah Mohummad recites a prayer April 26 during a

Mullah Mohummad recites a prayer April 26 during a

Mullah Mohummad recites a prayer April 26 during a ceremony to honor Alam Baik, an Afghan guard who died when insurgents launched an attack against Forward Operating Base Finley Shields, April 15. Baik continue... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Melvin Lafernier reminisces on

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Melvin Lafernier reminisces on

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Melvin Lafernier reminisces on his friendship with U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle McClain, during a memory ceremony held in his honor at Forward Operating Base Pasab, Aug. 6. McClain was killed in act... More

Members of the Band of Mid-America play for an audience

Members of the Band of Mid-America play for an audience

Members of the Band of Mid-America play for an audience at O'Fallon Township High School in O'Fallon, Ill., March 16. The band reaches out to family members of fallen heroes and organizes concerts to honor them... More

Members from the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Honor

Members from the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Honor

Members from the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Honor Guard team carry photos of fallen crew members of Shell 77 during a memorial service held in their honor May 9, 2013, at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. ... More

Brig. Gen. Christopher Hughes, Regional Command-South

Brig. Gen. Christopher Hughes, Regional Command-South

Brig. Gen. Christopher Hughes, Regional Command-South and Third Infantry Division deputy commanding general for maneuver, addresses a multinational military and civilian audience, May 27, during the Memorial Da... More

U.S. Soldiers with Cross Functional Team Warrior pay

U.S. Soldiers with Cross Functional Team Warrior pay

U.S. Soldiers with Cross Functional Team Warrior pay respect to Sgt. Anthony R. Maddox, Foxtrot Company, Cross Functional Team Summit, during a fallen hero ceremony held in Afghanistan, July 27, 2013. (U.S. Arm... More

A Soldier with the Military Funeral Honors of Raleigh,

A Soldier with the Military Funeral Honors of Raleigh,

A Soldier with the Military Funeral Honors of Raleigh, N.C. plays Taps during the memorial unveiling ceremony for 1st Lt. Ashley White-Stumpf at the Goldsboro National Guard Armory, N.C., Sept. 15, 2013. White-... More

Spc. Harley Traynor, a power-generation equipment repairer

Spc. Harley Traynor, a power-generation equipment repairer

Spc. Harley Traynor, a power-generation equipment repairer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Special Troops Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, ensures wires are properly connected on one... More

Gold Star family members watch the fire take hold during

Gold Star family members watch the fire take hold during

Gold Star family members watch the fire take hold during a special tree-burning ceremony held here on Cottrell Field, Dec. 12. Surrounding Cottrell field is Warriors Walk, a living memorial that has had an East... More

Col. Martin Basham, commander, 230th Digital Liaison

Col. Martin Basham, commander, 230th Digital Liaison

Col. Martin Basham, commander, 230th Digital Liaison Detachment, Tennessee Army National Guard, was rendered honors.

The communities of Central Louisiana came together

The communities of Central Louisiana came together

The communities of Central Louisiana came together to show their support along MacArthur Drive in Alexandria, La., to honor fallen Soldier, Chief Warrant Officer 4 George David Strother of Pineville, La. The Gu... More

Staff Sgt. Cody Standridge (right), member of the Louisiana

Staff Sgt. Cody Standridge (right), member of the Louisiana

Staff Sgt. Cody Standridge (right), member of the Louisiana National Guard’s Military Funeral Honors team folders the flag during a funeral in 2015. Standridge, of Praireville, Louisiana, recently became the fi... More

Marines share a moment of silence in memory of fallen

Marines share a moment of silence in memory of fallen

Marines share a moment of silence in memory of fallen Staff Sgt. Denver Sugano during a memorial service at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., Nov. 4, 2015. Sugano faithfully served in the Marine Corps f... More

Master Sgt. Timothy Edgett, left, and Lance. Cpl. Allison

Master Sgt. Timothy Edgett, left, and Lance. Cpl. Allison

Master Sgt. Timothy Edgett, left, and Lance. Cpl. Allison App listen to guest speakers during the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce Service Person of the Quarter ceremony in Morehead City, N.C., Nov. 13, 2015... More

Spc. Jose Perez, a mortuary affairs specialist with

Spc. Jose Perez, a mortuary affairs specialist with

Spc. Jose Perez, a mortuary affairs specialist with the 246th Quartermaster Company (Mortuary Affairs), an U.S. Army Reserve unit based out of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, (left), explains the capabilities of a Mobil... More

The Groves Family along with Lt. Col. Philip H. Lamb,

The Groves Family along with Lt. Col. Philip H. Lamb,

The Groves Family along with Lt. Col. Philip H. Lamb, commander, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade unveil the memorial stone that accompanies the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior static displ... More

The sister of a fallen South Dakota National Guard

The sister of a fallen South Dakota National Guard

The sister of a fallen South Dakota National Guard soldier reaches out to touch her brother’s name on the wall of a new memorial plaza dedicated on Camp Rapid, Rapid City, South Dakota, Sept. 8, 2018. Several f... More

Marines escort Staff Sgt. Wesley L. Kroenung’s, casket

Marines escort Staff Sgt. Wesley L. Kroenung’s, casket

Marines escort Staff Sgt. Wesley L. Kroenung’s, casket down to the families at Miramar National Cemetery in San Diego on Aug. 14. Kroenung’s remains were buried on the island of Tarawa originally after his deat... More

Melanie Thompson Smith reflects on her late son, Marine

Melanie Thompson Smith reflects on her late son, Marine

Melanie Thompson Smith reflects on her late son, Marine Corps Cpl. Lance Thompson of Upland, Ind., killed in action Nov. 15, 2004 in Al Anbar province, Iraq, pointing out his square on the Lost Heroes Art Quilt... More

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at the Mortuary Affairs Collection Point - Bagram for leadership professional development. The small team at the MACP showed the leaders the steps they do in en... More

Soldiers and Sailors assigned to the Kunar Provincial

Soldiers and Sailors assigned to the Kunar Provincial

Soldiers and Sailors assigned to the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team pay final respects during a memorial service April 9 for U.S. Army Spc. Dennis C. Poulin of Pawtucket, R.I., a gunner with the Massachus... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Wreath, Company C, 2nd Battalion,

U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Wreath, Company C, 2nd Battalion,

U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Wreath, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Warrior soldier from Paris, Ky., plays taps during a memorial service ... More

Afghan National Army Brig. Gen. Azfal, the commander

Afghan National Army Brig. Gen. Azfal, the commander

Afghan National Army Brig. Gen. Azfal, the commander of the 2nd Brigade, 201st Corps, salutes during the playing of the Afghan national anthem April 26 in a ceremony to honor Alam Baik, an Afghan guard who died... More

U.S. Army Spc. Nicolas Kudla walks pass after paying

U.S. Army Spc. Nicolas Kudla walks pass after paying

U.S. Army Spc. Nicolas Kudla walks pass after paying his final respects during the memorial ceremony here July 27.

Members of 1433rd Engineer Battalion firing squad,

Members of 1433rd Engineer Battalion firing squad,

Members of 1433rd Engineer Battalion firing squad, fire volley rounds at a memorial ceremony in honor of U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle McClain. McClain was killed in action by an explosion while conducting a route cleara... More

Members of the Band of Mid-America make their way to

Members of the Band of Mid-America make their way to

Members of the Band of Mid-America make their way to the stage to play for an audience at O'Fallon Township High School in O'Fallon, Ill., March 16. The band reaches out to family members of fallen heroes and o... More

An airman mourns during a memorial service May 9, 2013,

An airman mourns during a memorial service May 9, 2013,

An airman mourns during a memorial service May 9, 2013, at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. Service members gathered to honor Capt. Mark “Tyler” Voss, Capt. Victoria “Tori” Pinckney, and Tech. Sgt. Herman “... More

Brig. Gen. Christopher Hughes, Regional Command-South

Brig. Gen. Christopher Hughes, Regional Command-South

Brig. Gen. Christopher Hughes, Regional Command-South and Third Infantry Division deputy commanding general for maneuver, addresses a multinational military and civilian audience, May 27, during the Memorial Da... More

U.S. Army Col. Stephen Michael, Cross Functional Team

U.S. Army Col. Stephen Michael, Cross Functional Team

U.S. Army Col. Stephen Michael, Cross Functional Team (CFT) Warrior commander, Command Sgt. Maj. David Martel, CFT Warrior senior enlisted adviser and Col. Robert Culp, CFT Warrior deputy commanding officer pay... More

Family members pay respect to 1st Lt. Ashley White-Stumpf

Family members pay respect to 1st Lt. Ashley White-Stumpf

Family members pay respect to 1st Lt. Ashley White-Stumpf at a memorial structure erected in her memory during an unveiling ceremony at the Goldsboro National Guard Armory, N.C., Sept. 15, 2013. White-Stumpf ... More

Gold Star family members watch the fire take hold during

Gold Star family members watch the fire take hold during

Gold Star family members watch the fire take hold during a special tree-burning ceremony held here on Cottrell Field, Dec. 12. Surrounding Cottrell field is Warriors Walk, a living memorial that has had an East... More

Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis and other senior leaders

Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis and other senior leaders

Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis and other senior leaders of the Louisiana National Guard honor fallen Soldier, Chief Warrant Officer 4 George David Strother during a deplaning ceremony at the LANG’s Army Aviation Sup... More

Lieutenant  Cmdr. Bryan Davenport shares in prayer

Lieutenant Cmdr. Bryan Davenport shares in prayer

Lieutenant Cmdr. Bryan Davenport shares in prayer during a memorial service for Staff Sgt. Denver Sugano at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., Nov. 4, 2015. Sugano faithfully served in the Marine Corps ... More

Lance. Cpl. Allison App,center, and senior leaders

Lance. Cpl. Allison App,center, and senior leaders

Lance. Cpl. Allison App,center, and senior leaders with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2 pose for a photo during the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce Service Person of the Quarter ceremony in Morehead Cit... More

Spc. Brian Ramirez, (left), and Spc. Jose Perez, (right),

Spc. Brian Ramirez, (left), and Spc. Jose Perez, (right),

Spc. Brian Ramirez, (left), and Spc. Jose Perez, (right), both mortuary affairs specialists with the 246th Quartermaster Company (Mortuary Affairs), an U.S. Army Reserve unit based out of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico,... More

Katie Groves shares memories of her husband Chief Warrant

Katie Groves shares memories of her husband Chief Warrant

Katie Groves shares memories of her husband Chief Warrant Officer 3 James Groves III during a dedication ceremony on Hunter Army Airfield March 13. An OH-58D Kiowa Warrior scout helicopter with a headstone memo... More

The mother of a fallen South Dakota National Guard

The mother of a fallen South Dakota National Guard

The mother of a fallen South Dakota National Guard soldier reaches out to touch her son’s name on the wall of the new memorial plaza dedicated on Camp Rapid, Rapid City, South Dakota, Sept. 8, 2018. Several fam... More

The Lost Heroes Art Quilt is currently on display at

The Lost Heroes Art Quilt is currently on display at

The Lost Heroes Art Quilt is currently on display at the Indiana State Capitol building in Indianapolis through Nov. 2. The contemporary art quilt is created in remembrance of those who gave their lives in Iraq... More

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at the Mortuary Affairs Collection Point - Bagram for leadership professional development. The small team at the MACP showed the leaders the steps they do in en... More

U.S. Army Sgt. John Henry, Company C, 2nd Battalion,

U.S. Army Sgt. John Henry, Company C, 2nd Battalion,

U.S. Army Sgt. John Henry, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Warrior ammunition non-commissioned officer from Prairie Grove, Ark., pays... More

Members of the Olive Group’s Afghan Security Guard

Members of the Olive Group’s Afghan Security Guard

Members of the Olive Group’s Afghan Security Guard team attend a ceremony April 26 at Forward Operating Base Finley Shields to honor their comrade Alam Baik, who died when insurgents attacked the FOB April 15. ... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Melvin Lafernier kneels down at

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Melvin Lafernier kneels down at

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Melvin Lafernier kneels down at the memorial stand of U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle McClain to pay his final respects to his friend and fellow platoon member, Aug. 6. McClain was killed in action by ... More

Airman 1st Class Zachary Cuddeback's family stands

Airman 1st Class Zachary Cuddeback's family stands

Airman 1st Class Zachary Cuddeback's family stands for the national anthem played by the Band of Mid-America at O'Fallon Township High School in O'Fallon, Ill., March 16. The band reaches out to family members ... More

An airman from the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling

An airman from the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling

An airman from the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron sits in the audience during a memorial service held in honor of the fallen Airmen of Shell 77 May 9, 2013, at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. "A... More

A wreath sits waiting to be placed at the base of the

A wreath sits waiting to be placed at the base of the

A wreath sits waiting to be placed at the base of the Fallen Hero Memorial, May 27, during the Memorial Day ceremony at Marne Garden-Forward in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Uriah Wal... More

Soldiers from Cross Functional Team Warrior attend

Soldiers from Cross Functional Team Warrior attend

Soldiers from Cross Functional Team Warrior attend a Fallen Hero Ceremony to mourn the lose of fellow soldier, Sgt. Anthony R. Maddox, Foxtrot Company, Cross Functional Team Summit, June 27. (Photo taken by U.S... More

The fire burns during a special tree burning ceremony

The fire burns during a special tree burning ceremony

The fire burns during a special tree burning ceremony held here on Cottrell Field, Dec. 12. Surrounding Cottrell field is Warriors Walk, a living memorial that has had an Eastern Redbud tree planted in memory o... More

The Louisiana National Guard Color Guard, law enforcement

The Louisiana National Guard Color Guard, law enforcement

The Louisiana National Guard Color Guard, law enforcement officers and Patriot Guard Riders honor fallen Soldier, Chief Warrant Officer 4 George David Strother during a deplaning ceremony at the LANG’s Army Avi... More

Marines and family members gathered at a chapel with

Marines and family members gathered at a chapel with

Marines and family members gathered at a chapel with heavy hearts to honor the memory of fallen Staff Sgt. Denver Sugano during a memorial service at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., Nov. 4, 2015. Suga... More

The Mobile Integrated Remains Collections System (MIRCS)

The Mobile Integrated Remains Collections System (MIRCS)

The Mobile Integrated Remains Collections System (MIRCS) is a self-contained shelter with four main areas; receiving and processing area, refrigerated storage area for remains, administrative area and storage f... More

South Dakota Lt. Gov. Matt Michels and Maj. Gen. Tim

South Dakota Lt. Gov. Matt Michels and Maj. Gen. Tim

South Dakota Lt. Gov. Matt Michels and Maj. Gen. Tim Reisch, adjutant general of the South Dakota National Guard, salute in honor of 171 fallen SDNG soldiers during a dedication of a memorial plaza at Camp Rapi... More

The Indiana National Guard Color Guard marches at the

The Indiana National Guard Color Guard marches at the

The Indiana National Guard Color Guard marches at the Indiana State Capitol building in Indianapolis, Oct. 25, during a presentation of the Lost Heroes Art Quilt. The quilt is a memorial for all who gave their ... More

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at the Mortuary Affairs Collection Point - Bagram for leadership professional development. The small team at the MACP showed the leaders the steps they do in en... More

U.S. and Afghan forces attend a ceremony April 26 to

U.S. and Afghan forces attend a ceremony April 26 to

U.S. and Afghan forces attend a ceremony April 26 to honor Afghan Security Guard Alam Baik, who died from injuries sustained when a group of insurgents attacked Forward Operating Base Finley Shields, April 15. ... More

Members of 2nd Platoon, 1433rd Engineer Company, salute

Members of 2nd Platoon, 1433rd Engineer Company, salute

Members of 2nd Platoon, 1433rd Engineer Company, salute the memorial stand of U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle McClain at a memorial ceremony, Aug. 6. McClain was killed in action by an explosion while conducting a route cl... More

A collage featuring Tech. Sgt. Herman "Tre" Mackey

A collage featuring Tech. Sgt. Herman "Tre" Mackey

A collage featuring Tech. Sgt. Herman "Tre" Mackey III is displayed as Senior Airman Derik Melson shares memories with audience members during a memorial service May 9, 2013, at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzs... More

The Third Infantry Division Color Guard departs Marne

The Third Infantry Division Color Guard departs Marne

The Third Infantry Division Color Guard departs Marne Garden-Forward, May 27, at the conclusion of the Memorial Day ceremony held in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Uriah Walker, RC(S) ... More

Family members watch the fire take hold during a special

Family members watch the fire take hold during a special

Family members watch the fire take hold during a special tree burning ceremony held here on Cottrell Field, Dec. 12. Surrounding Cottrell field is Warriors Walk, a living memorial that has had an Eastern Redbud... More

The Louisiana National Guard honors fallen Soldier,

The Louisiana National Guard honors fallen Soldier,

The Louisiana National Guard honors fallen Soldier, Chief Warrant Officer 4 George David Strother during a deplaning ceremony at the LANG’s Army Aviation Support Facility No. 2 at Esler Air Field in Pineville, ... More

A Marine places a portrait of Staff Sgt. Denver Sugano

A Marine places a portrait of Staff Sgt. Denver Sugano

A Marine places a portrait of Staff Sgt. Denver Sugano on an altar during a memorial service at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., Nov. 4, 2015. Sugano faithfully served in the Marine Corps for 13 years... More

Brig. Gen. Robert D. Harter, deputy commanding general

Brig. Gen. Robert D. Harter, deputy commanding general

Brig. Gen. Robert D. Harter, deputy commanding general of the 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) / commanding general of the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), (center), poses with Spc. Brian Ramirez, (l... More

Yellow roses lay on a seat reserved for families of

Yellow roses lay on a seat reserved for families of

Yellow roses lay on a seat reserved for families of fallen South Dakota National Guard soldiers at the dedication of a memorial plaza on Camp Rapid, Rapid City, South Dakota, Sept. 8, 2018. Yellow roses are giv... More

Matt Dalton, brother of late Marine Corps Cpl. Lance

Matt Dalton, brother of late Marine Corps Cpl. Lance

Matt Dalton, brother of late Marine Corps Cpl. Lance Thompson of Upland, Ind., killed in action Nov. 15, 2004 in Al Anbar province, Iraq, points to his brother’s square on the Lost Heroes Art Quilt, a memorial ... More

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at

Leaders of the 101st Sustainment Brigade gathered at the Mortuary Affairs Collection Point - Bagram for leadership professional development. The small team at the MACP showed the leaders the steps they do in en... More

A fallen hero memorial stands in honor of Afghan Security

A fallen hero memorial stands in honor of Afghan Security

A fallen hero memorial stands in honor of Afghan Security Guard Alam Baik, who died when insurgents attacked Forward Operating Base Finley Shields, April 15. During a ceremony held April 26 at FOB Finley Shield... More

Maj. Cristina Moore-Urrutia, Band of Mid-America commander

Maj. Cristina Moore-Urrutia, Band of Mid-America commander

Maj. Cristina Moore-Urrutia, Band of Mid-America commander and conductor, applauds for the band after a song played for an audience at O'Fallon Township High School in O'Fallon, Ill., March 16. The band reaches... More

Three flight suits and aircrew oxygen masks are displayed

Three flight suits and aircrew oxygen masks are displayed

Three flight suits and aircrew oxygen masks are displayed during a memorial service May 9, 2013, at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. Each suit bore the name of an airman who perished in an aircraft accident... More

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