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88TH READINESS DIVISION

Fort McCoy, Wisconsin

FORT McCOY, Wisconsin (December 2, 2016) – A student in the Casualty Notification and Casualty Assistance Officer training at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, holds a copy of the official forms the officers would use while interacting with a family of a deceased Soldier. The three-day course prepared Soldiers to serve as a CNO or a CAO and conducted by the 88th Regional Support Command at its Wisconsin-based headquarters.

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FORT McCOY, Wisconsin (December 2, 2016) – Sgt. 1st Class David Boots, standing, the lead Casualty Notification/Casualty Assistance Officer trainer for the 88th Regional Support Command, talks to a class of 30 Soldiers about the duties of a casualty assistance officer during a three-day training session at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, November 30, 2016. The class certifies Casualty Notification and Casualty Assistance Officers across the 19-state region of the 88th RSC to conduct the duties of notifying and assisting families of deceased Soldiers.

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CLEVELAND (November 19, 2016) – The caskets of James A. Garfield, left, and his wife Lucretia are in the crypt of the Garfield Memorial at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland. The caskets are closed off to the public, but can be viewed through the gates that surround them.

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CLEVELAND (November 19, 2016) – Brigadier Gen. Stephen E. Strand, deputy commanding general for the 88th Regional Support Command and representing President Barack Obama, speaks to the gathered crowd during the James A. Garfield Wreath Laying Ceremony, November 19, in Cleveland. The ceremony marks what would have been the 185th birthday of the 20th President of the United States.

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CLEVELAND (November 19, 2016) – Brigadier Gen. Stephen E. Strand, saluting, deputy commanding general for the 88th Regional Support Command and representing President Barack Obama, and Tim Garfield, the great-great grandson of the former president, along with other surviving members of the Garfield family presented the wreath at the base of the James A. Garfield Memorial during the wreath laying ceremony honoring what would have been the 185th birthday of the 20th President of the United States.

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FORT MCCOY, Wisconsin (November 17, 2016) – Jaymee Eckert, a special agent with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 752nd Military Intelligence Battalion, speaks to Soldiers and civilians of the 88th Regional Support Command and Fort McCoy during a Threat Awareness and Reporting Program (TARP) training at the Blue Devil Auditorium in the 88th RSC headquarters, November 17.

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FORT MCCOY, Wisconsin (November 17, 2016) – Bella Hernandez, center, a special agent with the 752nd Military Intelligence Battalion, speaks to a crowd of Soldiers and civilians from the 88th Regional Support Command and Fort McCoy during the Threat Awareness and Reporting Program (TARP) training at the Blue Devil Auditorium in the 88th RSC headquarters, November 17.

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WAUWATOSA, Wisconsin (November 9, 2016) – Army Staff Sgt. Christy Gervais, left, 484th Army Band, plays the National Anthem during the Luther Manor Veterans Memorial dedication ceremony, November 9, while members of the Milwaukee NCO Council salute. The ceremony marked the unveiling of the memorial that honors the more than 120 veteran residents of Luther Manor as well as all those that have and will live there.

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WAUWATOSA, Wisconsin (November 9, 2016) – Army Staff Sgt. Christy Gervais, left, 484th Army Band, plays the each services’ song and hymn during the Luther Manor Veterans Memorial dedication ceremony, November 9. The ceremony marked the unveiling of the memorial that honors the more than 120 veteran residents of Luther Manor as well as all those that have and will live there.

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WAUWATOSA, Wisconsin (November 9, 2016) – Members of the Milwaukee NCO Council stand behind their respective service flag at the unveiling of the Veterans Memorial at Luther Manor, November 9, while retired Army Master Sgt. David Myers speaks during the ceremony. The memorial honors the more than 120 veteran residents of Luther Manor as well as all those that have and will live there.

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88th Regional Support Command’s Deputy Commanding General, Brig. Gen. Stephen Strand pauses while speaking during the memorialization ceremony of the Cpl. Kelly B. Grothe Army Reserve Center in Hayden, Idaho, Oct. 22. Grothe was a United States Army Combat Engineer assigned to Bravo Company, 321st Engineer Battalion, who was killed in action while conducting route clearance operations in the area of Abu Bali, Iraq during the Global War on Terrorism, May 3, 2007. He was 21 years old.

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U.S. Army Reserve Ambassador, for the state of Washington, Hon. William Fred Aronow, Ret., (left) offers his condolences to Jan Grothe, (right) mother of the Fallen Soldier, during the memorialization ceremony of the Cpl. Kelly B. Grothe Army Reserve Center in Hayden, Idaho, Oct. 22. Grothe was a United States Army Combat Engineer assigned to Bravo Company, 321st Engineer Battalion, who was killed in action while conducting route clearance operations in the area of Abu Bali, Iraq during the Global War on Terrorism, May 3, 2007. He was 21 years old.

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Jan and Brian Grothe, Cpl. Kelley Grothe’s parents, watch as the plaque is unveiled during the memorialization ceremony of the Cpl. Kelly B. Grothe Army Reserve Center in Hayden, Idaho, Oct. 22. Grothe was a United States Army Combat Engineer assigned to Bravo Company, 321st Engineer Battalion, who was killed in action while conducting route clearance operations in the area of Abu Bali, Iraq during the Global War on Terrorism, May 3, 2007. He was 21 years old.

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Cpl. Kelly B. Grothe’s grandparents read the dedication program during the memorialization ceremony of the Cpl. Kelly B. Grothe Army Reserve Center in Hayden, Idaho, Oct. 22. Grothe was a United States Army Combat Engineer assigned to Bravo Company, 321st Engineer Battalion, who was killed in action while conducting route clearance operations in the area of Abu Bali, Iraq during the Global War on Terrorism, May 3, 2007. He was 21 years old.

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Members of the 455th Engineer Company and the 659th Engineer Company reflect quietly during the memorialization ceremony of the Cpl. Kelly B. Grothe Army Reserve Center in Hayden, Idaho, Oct. 22. Grothe was a United States Army Combat Engineer assigned to Bravo Company, 321st Engineer Battalion, who was killed in action while conducting route clearance operations in the area of Abu Bali, Iraq during the Global War on Terrorism, May 3, 2007. He was 21 years old.

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Jan and Brian Grothe, (far left) parents of the Fallen Soldier, along with (left to right) his grandparents, sister and other family members bow their heads during the memorialization ceremony of the Cpl. Kelly B. Grothe Army Reserve Center in Hayden, Idaho, Oct. 22. Grothe was a United States Army Combat Engineer assigned to Bravo Company, 321st Engineer Battalion, who was killed in action while conducting route clearance operations in the area of Abu Bali, Iraq during the Global War on Terrorism, May 3, 2007. He was 21 years old.

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Kootenai County, Idoho Sheriff Ben Wolfinger and U.S. Army Reserve Ambassador, for the state of Washington, Hon. William Fred Aronow, Ret., shake hands before being seated for the memorialization ceremony of the Cpl. Kelly B. Grothe Army Reserve Center in Hayden, Idaho, Oct. 22. Grothe was a United States Army Combat Engineer assigned to Bravo Company, 321st Engineer Battalion, who was killed in action while conducting route clearance operations in the area of Abu Bali, Iraq during the Global War on Terrorism, May 3, 2007. He was 21 years old.

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88th Regional Support Command’s Deputy Commanding General, Brig. Gen. Stephen Strand speaks during the memorialization ceremony of the Cpl. Kelly B. Grothe Army Reserve Center in Hayden, Idaho, Oct. 22. Grothe was a United States Army Combat Engineer assigned to Bravo Company, 321st Engineer Battalion, who was killed in action while conducting route clearance operations in the area of Abu Bali, Iraq during the Global War on Terrorism, May 3, 2007. He was 21 years old.

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Jan Grothe, mother of the Fallen Soldier, holds a photo of her son during the memorialization ceremony of the Cpl. Kelly B. Grothe Army Reserve Center in Hayden, Idaho, Oct. 22. Grothe was a United States Army Combat Engineer assigned to Bravo Company, 321st Engineer Battalion, who was killed in action while conducting route clearance operations in the area of Abu Bali, Iraq during the Global War on Terrorism, May 3, 2007. He was 21 years old.

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More than 150 Soldiers, family, friends and local officials attend the memorialization ceremony of the Cpl. Kelly B. Grothe Army Reserve Center in Hayden, Idaho, Oct. 22. Grothe was a United States Army Combat Engineer assigned to Bravo Company, 321st Engineer Battalion, who was killed in action while conducting route clearance operations in the area of Abu Bali, Iraq during the Global War on Terrorism, May 3, 2007. He was 21 years old.

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