Story by Senior Airman Samuel Becker | Space Launch Delta 45 | 02.04.2025
Space Launch Delta 45 is renowned for managing the world’s busiest spaceport, advancing the nation’s space operations and capabilities. However, its mission extends far beyond the launch pad, exemplifying adaptability, collaboration, and dedication to service. A recent demonstration of this versatility came from U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ryan Longoria, 45th Security Forces Squadron......
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 03.19.2024
LATHAM, New York --The New York National Guard brought home the remains of two helicopter pilots killed in a Texas helicopter crash on Monday, March 18, 2024. The caskets containing the bodies of Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officers 2 Frankoski, and John M. Grassia III were ferried from Kelly Field, Texas to the Army Aviation Support Facility at Albany International Airport on board......
Story by A.J. Coyne | Virginia National Guard Public Affairs | 01.05.2024
Army National Guard Soldiers from Virginia and North Carolina learned the finer points of rendering honors to military veterans during Level 1 funeral honors training Dec. 11-15, 2023, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia....
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 12.22.2023
LATHAM, New York—New York Air National Guard Base Honor Guards expect to provide military funeral honors for the families of 1,990 veterans by the end of 2023. These figures are based on funeral tallies as of Dec. 21, and estimates of funerals to be conducted by 1 January 2024. In 2022, 2,072 families were served by New York Air National Guard honor guard teams, and in 2021, funeral......
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 12.22.2023
LATHAM, New York—New York National Guard Soldiers expect to provide military funeral honors for the families of 7,100 veterans by the end of 2023. Their New York Air National Guard counterparts will serve conduct services for 1,990 families. These figures are based on funeral tallies as of Dec. 21, and estimates of funerals to be conducted by 1 January 2024....
Story by Sgt. Jameson Harris | 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 12.06.2023
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Fred L. Brewer Jr. was laid to rest at Salisbury National Cemetery in Charlotte, N.C. on Dec. 6. The remains of the Tuskegee Airmen were previously unidentified and located in northern Italy. Brewer is the second Tuskegee Airman missing from World War II to be accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA....
Story by Airman 1st Class DeQuan Simmons | 375th Air Mobility Wing | 10.17.2023
After being missing in action since the Korean War, Capt. Delbert D. Draskey was laid to rest with his family by his side, Oct. 17, 2023, at Holy Cross Cemetery in Calumet City, Illinois....
Story by 1st Lt. Jonathan Padish | 181st Intelligence Wing | 08.06.2023
ATTICA, Ind. -- Service members from the Military Department of Indiana Ceremonial Unit and 181st Intelligence Wing rendered military funeral honors for U.S. Army Air Corps Tech. Sgt. Lawrence E. Reitz, a Hoopeston, Illinois native and radio operator with the 343rd Bombardment Squadron, at Highland Cemetery in Attica, Ind., Aug. 6. Reitz was serving aboard a B-24 Liberator Aug. 1, 1943,......
