Courtesy Story | Commander, Navy Installations Command | 08.15.2024
This September, Navy Installations across the fleet will be hosting the 9th Annual Bells Across America for Fallen Service Members. Bells have been used for centuries by the Navy for timekeeping, safety and communication, to sound alarms, in ceremonies and events, and to signal the presence of important persons. However, during these ceremonies, the bells rung will not signal anyone's......
Story by Wayne Hall | Joint Force Headquarters - Pennsylvania National Guard | 09.23.2023
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The Pennsylvania National Guard and the USO hosted the 12th Annual March for the Fallen at Stricker Field here Sept. 23. Conducted annually, March for the Fallen is opportunity for military and civilian communities to come together and honor the memory of fallen service members who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of this great nation. This year more than......
Story by Airman Hannah Bean | 14th Flying Training Wing | 05.31.2019
Members of the 14th Flying Training Wing gathered in front of the Richard “Gene” Smith Plaza here during a Memorial Day ceremony May 28, paying tribute to Master Sgt. John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient, and 1st Lt. David Albandoz, a former student pilot here....
Story by Pfc. Hubert Delany | 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 05.24.2019
FORT BRAGG – U.S. Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation, and Fort Bragg’s Survivor Outreach Service office organized a boot laying memorial display at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 17 – 20. The memorial was meant to represent and honor those who have been lost since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The memorial, which was hosted at Fort Bragg’s Hendrick Stadium, displayed......
Story by Staff Sgt. Christal Crawford | U.S. Army Central | 08.06.2018
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C.– It has been said that there is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for another. U.S. Army Central Soldiers, Civilians, friends, family members and community leaders gathered in the hall of flags at Patton Hall to pay tribute to the brave souls who have made the ultimate sacrifice in support of our great nation....
Story by Lt. Col. Kevin Hynes | Joint Force Headquarters - Nebraska National Guard | 11.20.2017
The families of fallen service members have shed too many tears to count. So, it seems only fitting that, just as the white covering was pulled to unveil the new Gold Star Family Memorial in Lincoln’s Antelope Park, a sudden cloudburst of quarter-sized raindrops drenched the assembled crowd of Gold Star families, Nebraska service members, governmental leaders and others....
Story by Karen Iwamoto | U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii | 09.28.2017
HONOLULU — Community members and military leaders gathered at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as Punchbowl Cemetery, here, on Sept. 24, to observe Gold Star Mothers and Families Day and to honor the survivors of those who gave their lives in service to this country....
Story by Sgt. Zachary Orr | Marine Corps Base Hawaii | 09.09.2017
While some were sleeping, thousands of others participated in the sixth annual Fisher House Hero and Remembrance Run, Walk or Roll 8-kilometer run on Ford Island aboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Sept. 9, 2017....
