Today is also POW/MIA Recognition Day. #YouAreNotForgotten⠀ ⠀ The POW/MIA remembrance movement honors America’s prisoners of war, those who are still missing in action and their families.⠀ ⠀ Many of our service members suffered as prisoners of war during several decades of varying conflicts. While some of them made it home, tens of thousands more never did.⠀ ⠀ According to a Congressional Research Service report on POWs:⠀ – 130,201 World War II service members were imprisoned; 14,072 them died⠀ – 7,140 Korean War service members were imprisoned; 2,701 of them died⠀ – 725 Vietnam War service members were imprisoned; 64 of them died⠀ – 37 service members were imprisoned during conflicts since 1991, including both Gulf wars; none are still in captivity⠀ ⠀ According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, 83,114 Americans who fought in those wars are still missing, including:⠀ – 73,515 from World War II (an approximate number due to limited or conflicting data)⠀ – 7,841 from the Korean War⠀ – 1,626 from Vietnam⠀ – 126 from the Cold War⠀ – 6 from conflicts since 1991⠀ ⠀ For every POW/MIA Recognition Day since 1982, the flag has flown just below the stars and stripes at the White House – the only other flag to ever do so. In 1998, Congress ordered it to also be displayed on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day and Veterans Day.⠀ ⠀ Held during repatriations at Arlington National Cemetery, the black and white POW/MIA design reminds you of the extreme sacrifices of our POW/MIAs and America’s pact to them: That we will take care of them and, no matter how much time has passed, they will make it back home.

Continue ReadingToday is also POW/MIA Recognition Day. #YouAreNotForgotten⠀ ⠀ The POW/MIA remembrance movement honors America’s prisoners of war, those who are still missing in action and their families.⠀ ⠀ Many of our service members suffered as prisoners of war during several decades of varying conflicts. While some of them made it home, tens of thousands more never did.⠀ ⠀ According to a Congressional Research Service report on POWs:⠀ – 130,201 World War II service members were imprisoned; 14,072 them died⠀ – 7,140 Korean War service members were imprisoned; 2,701 of them died⠀ – 725 Vietnam War service members were imprisoned; 64 of them died⠀ – 37 service members were imprisoned during conflicts since 1991, including both Gulf wars; none are still in captivity⠀ ⠀ According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, 83,114 Americans who fought in those wars are still missing, including:⠀ – 73,515 from World War II (an approximate number due to limited or conflicting data)⠀ – 7,841 from the Korean War⠀ – 1,626 from Vietnam⠀ – 126 from the Cold War⠀ – 6 from conflicts since 1991⠀ ⠀ For every POW/MIA Recognition Day since 1982, the flag has flown just below the stars and stripes at the White House – the only other flag to ever do so. In 1998, Congress ordered it to also be displayed on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day and Veterans Day.⠀ ⠀ Held during repatriations at Arlington National Cemetery, the black and white POW/MIA design reminds you of the extreme sacrifices of our POW/MIAs and America’s pact to them: That we will take care of them and, no matter how much time has passed, they will make it back home.

Today is also POW/MIA Recognition Day. #YouAreNotForgotten⠀ ⠀ The POW/MIA remembrance movement honors America’s prisoners of war, those who are still missing in action and their families.⠀ ⠀ Many of our service members suffered as prisoners of war during several decades of varying conflicts. While some of them made it home, tens of thousands more never did.⠀ ⠀ According to a Congressional Research Service report on POWs:⠀ – 130,201 World War II service members were imprisoned; 14,072 them died⠀ – 7,140 Korean War service members were imprisoned; 2,701 of them died⠀ – 725 Vietnam War service members were imprisoned; 64 of them died⠀ – 37 service members were imprisoned during conflicts since 1991, including both Gulf wars; none are still in captivity⠀ ⠀ According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, 83,114 Americans who fought in those wars are still missing, including:⠀ – 73,515 from World War II (an approximate number due to limited or conflicting data)⠀ – 7,841 from the Korean War⠀ – 1,626 from Vietnam⠀ – 126 from the Cold War⠀ – 6 from conflicts since 1991⠀ ⠀ For every POW/MIA Recognition Day since 1982, the flag has flown just below the stars and stripes at the White House – the only other flag to ever do so. In 1998, Congress ordered it to also be displayed on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day and Veterans Day.⠀ ⠀ Held during repatriations at Arlington National Cemetery, the black and white POW/MIA design reminds you of the extreme sacrifices of our POW/MIAs and America’s pact to them: That we will take care of them and, no matter how much time has passed, they will make it back home.

Continue ReadingToday is also POW/MIA Recognition Day. #YouAreNotForgotten⠀ ⠀ The POW/MIA remembrance movement honors America’s prisoners of war, those who are still missing in action and their families.⠀ ⠀ Many of our service members suffered as prisoners of war during several decades of varying conflicts. While some of them made it home, tens of thousands more never did.⠀ ⠀ According to a Congressional Research Service report on POWs:⠀ – 130,201 World War II service members were imprisoned; 14,072 them died⠀ – 7,140 Korean War service members were imprisoned; 2,701 of them died⠀ – 725 Vietnam War service members were imprisoned; 64 of them died⠀ – 37 service members were imprisoned during conflicts since 1991, including both Gulf wars; none are still in captivity⠀ ⠀ According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, 83,114 Americans who fought in those wars are still missing, including:⠀ – 73,515 from World War II (an approximate number due to limited or conflicting data)⠀ – 7,841 from the Korean War⠀ – 1,626 from Vietnam⠀ – 126 from the Cold War⠀ – 6 from conflicts since 1991⠀ ⠀ For every POW/MIA Recognition Day since 1982, the flag has flown just below the stars and stripes at the White House – the only other flag to ever do so. In 1998, Congress ordered it to also be displayed on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day and Veterans Day.⠀ ⠀ Held during repatriations at Arlington National Cemetery, the black and white POW/MIA design reminds you of the extreme sacrifices of our POW/MIAs and America’s pact to them: That we will take care of them and, no matter how much time has passed, they will make it back home.

Chief Warrant Officer Sobataka of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon conducted full military funeral honors with funeral escort for a veteran from the United States Air Force last week before conducting his final ride earlier this week.⠀ ⠀ Full honors were given to this member of the USAF with the Washington Monument shining in the background.

Continue ReadingChief Warrant Officer Sobataka of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon conducted full military funeral honors with funeral escort for a veteran from the United States Air Force last week before conducting his final ride earlier this week.⠀ ⠀ Full honors were given to this member of the USAF with the Washington Monument shining in the background.

Chief Warrant Officer Sobataka of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon conducted full military funeral honors with funeral escort for a veteran from the United States Air Force last week before conducting his final ride earlier this week.⠀ ⠀ Full honors were given to this member of the USAF with the Washington Monument shining in the background.

Continue ReadingChief Warrant Officer Sobataka of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon conducted full military funeral honors with funeral escort for a veteran from the United States Air Force last week before conducting his final ride earlier this week.⠀ ⠀ Full honors were given to this member of the USAF with the Washington Monument shining in the background.

I don’t normally post photos of the military taken between services. But these were taken on one of the first services I did with Scott. The angle was just right to catch the horses, and the planes landing at National Airport. One airline even used one of these photos in a Memorial Day tweet a few years ago.

Continue ReadingI don’t normally post photos of the military taken between services. But these were taken on one of the first services I did with Scott. The angle was just right to catch the horses, and the planes landing at National Airport. One airline even used one of these photos in a Memorial Day tweet a few years ago.

I don’t normally post photos of the military taken between services. But these were taken on one of the first services I did with Scott. The angle was just right to catch the horses, and the planes landing at National Airport. One airline even used one of these photos in a Memorial Day tweet a few years ago.

Continue ReadingI don’t normally post photos of the military taken between services. But these were taken on one of the first services I did with Scott. The angle was just right to catch the horses, and the planes landing at National Airport. One airline even used one of these photos in a Memorial Day tweet a few years ago.