Illinois Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 4 Melissa Downey presents an inscribed kitchen knife to her friend, Lt. Col. Gary Owen, an Illinois Army National Guard attorney during her promotion ceremony, Jan. 11, at Heartland Community College’s Astroth Community Education Center auditorium in Normal, Ill. Downey and Owen worked closely together when she was deployed as the Theater Sexual Assault Response Coordinator for Third Army in Kuwait in 2014. Downey, a Lake in the Hills, Ill., resident, has 32 years of military experience. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Geraldo Valdes, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs.)
| Date Taken: | 01.11.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 01.22.2026 10:32 |
| Photo ID: | 9487629 |
| VIRIN: | 260111-A-KF845-3822 |
| Resolution: | 4611x3753 |
| Size: | 4.13 MB |
| Location: | NORMAL, ILLINOIS, US |
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