A Gold Star Family takes a moment in front of the Gold Star Family float following the City of Chicago Memorial Day parade, Mar. 25, 2019.
Soldiers assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command participated in parades and ceremonies, honoring fallen heroes, during Memorial Day weekend May 25-27, 2019. Brig. Gen. Kris Belanger, Commanding General, 85th USARSC and Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Theodore Dewitt, Command Sergeant Major, 85th USARSC, participated in a Gold Star Family Breakfast Saturday morning in Chicago to honor the sacrifice of fallen military heroes and then walked to Daley Plaza to participate in a wreath laying ceremony. Maj. Gen. Marion Garcia, Commanding General, 200th Military Police Command, spoke at the ceremony about a Soldier she had served with who died on active duty. Following the ceremony, military leaders walked to Lake and State Street for the Chicago Memorial Day parade and observed the parade from the reviewing stand. On Sunday, Belanger led ten new Army recruits in the oath of enlistment and delivered a speech at the Memorial Day observance in Norridge, Illinois. Later that day, Belanger and Dewitt finished the Memorial Day weekend by participating in the Arlington Heights Centennial Memorial Day parade. In North suburban Highland Park, Col. Daniel Jaquint, 85th USARSC, gave remarks at a Memorial Day service.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Anthony L Taylor) (Photo by Master Sgt. Anthony L Taylor)
Children look on during the Village of Arlington Heights Memorial Day parade, Mar. 27, 2019.
Soldiers assigned to the 85th USARSC participated in parades and ceremonies, honoring fallen heroes, during Memorial Day weekend May 25-27, 2019. Brig. Gen. Kris Belanger, Commanding General, 85th USARSC and Command Sgt. Maj. Theodore Dewitt, Command Sergeant Major, 85th USARSC, participated in a Gold Star Family Breakfast Saturday morning in Chicago to honor the sacrifice of fallen military heroes and then walked to Daley Plaza to participate in a wreath laying ceremony. Maj. Gen. Marion Garcia, Commanding General, 200th Military Police Command, spoke at the ceremony about a Soldier she had served with who died on active duty. Following the ceremony, military leaders walked to Lake and State Street for the Chicago Memorial Day parade and
observed the parade from the reviewing stand. On Sunday, Belanger led ten new Army recruits in the oath of enlistment and delivered a speech at the Memorial Day observance in Norridge, Illinois. Later that day, Belanger and Dewitt finished the Memorial Day weekend by participating in the Arlington Heights Centennial Memorial Day parade. In North suburban Highland Park, Col. Daniel Jaquint, 85th USARSC, gave remarks at a Memorial Day service.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Anthony L Taylor) (Photo by Master Sgt. Anthony L Taylor)
Brig. Gen. Kris Belanger, left, Commanding General, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, with Command Sgt. Maj. Theodore Dewitt, Command Sergeant Major, 85th USARSC, wave at a crowd during the Village of Arlington Heights Memorial Day parade, Mar. 27, 2019.
Soldiers assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command participated in parades and ceremonies, honoring fallen heroes, during Memorial Day weekend May 25-27, 2019. Belanger, and Dewitt, participated in a Gold Star Family Breakfast Saturday morning in Chicago to honor the sacrifice of fallen military heroes and then walked to Daley Plaza to participate in a wreath laying ceremony. Garcia, who was the Chicago parade Grand Marshal, shared a emotional story at the ceremony about a Soldier she had served with who died on active duty. Following the ceremony, military leaders walked to Lake and State Street for the Chicago Memorial Day parade and observed the parade from the reviewing stand. On Sunday, Belanger led ten new Army recruits in the oath of enlistment and delivered a speech at the Memorial Day observance in Norridge, Illinois. Later that day, Belanger and Dewitt finished the Memorial Day weekend by participating in the Arlington Heights Centennial Memorial Day parade. In North suburban Highland Park, Col. Daniel Jaquint, 85th USARSC, gave remarks at a Memorial Day service.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Anthony L Taylor) (Photo by Master Sgt. Anthony L Taylor)
Mayor Thomas Hayes, Mayor of Arlington Heights and Army veteran, gives remarks during the Village of Arlington Heights Centennial Memorial Day commemoration, Mar. 27, 2019.
Soldiers assigned to the 85th USARSC participated in parades and ceremonies, honoring fallen heroes, during Memorial Day weekend May 25-27, 2019. Brig. Gen. Kris Belanger, Commanding General, 85th USARSC and Command Sgt. Maj. Theodore Dewitt, Command Sergeant Major, 85th USARSC, participated in a Gold Star Family Breakfast Saturday morning in Chicago to honor the sacrifice of fallen military heroes and then walked to Daley Plaza to participate in a wreath laying ceremony. Maj. Gen. Marion Garcia, Commanding General, 200th Military Police Command, spoke at the ceremony about a Soldier she had served with who died on active duty. Following the ceremony, military leaders walked to Lake and State Street for the Chicago Memorial Day parade and observed the parade from the reviewing stand. On Sunday, Belanger led ten new Army recruits in the oath of enlistment and delivered a speech at the Memorial Day observance in Norridge, Illinois. Later that day, Belanger and Dewitt finished the Memorial Day weekend by participating in the Arlington Heights Centennial Memorial Day parade. In North suburban Highland Park, Col. Daniel Jaquint, 85th USARSC, gave remarks at a Memorial Day service.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Anthony L Taylor) (Photo by Master Sgt. Anthony L Taylor)
Service members, and veterans pause for a photo following the Village of Arlington Heights Centennial Memorial Day commemoration, Mar. 27, 2019.
Soldiers assigned to the 85th USARSC participated in parades and ceremonies, honoring fallen heroes, during Memorial Day weekend May 25-27, 2019. Brig. Gen. Kris Belanger, Commanding General, 85th USARSC and Command Sgt. Maj. Theodore Dewitt, Command Sergeant Major, 85th USARSC, participated in a Gold Star Family Breakfast Saturday morning in Chicago to honor the sacrifice of fallen military heroes and then walked to Daley Plaza to participate in a wreath laying ceremony. Maj. Gen. Marion Garcia, Commanding General, 200th Military Police Command, spoke at the ceremony about a Soldier she had served with who died on active duty. Following the ceremony, military leaders walked to Lake and State Street for the Chicago Memorial Day parade and observed the parade from the reviewing stand. On Sunday, Belanger led ten new Army recruits in the oath of enlistment and delivered a speech at the Memorial Day observance in Norridge, Illinois. Later that day, Belanger and Dewitt finished the Memorial Day weekend by participating in the Arlington Heights Centennial Memorial Day parade. In North suburban Highland Park, Col. Daniel Jaquint, 85th USARSC, gave remarks at a Memorial Day service.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Anthony L Taylor) (Photo by Master Sgt. Anthony L Taylor)
Col. Daniel Jaquint, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command gives remarks during the Highland Park Memorial Day commemoration, Mar. 27, 2019.
Soldiers assigned to the 85th USARSC participated in parades and ceremonies, honoring fallen heroes, during Memorial Day weekend May 25-27, 2019. Brig. Gen. Kris Belanger, Commanding General, 85th USARSC and Command Sgt. Maj. Theodore Dewitt, Command Sergeant Major, 85th USARSC, participated in a Gold Star Family Breakfast Saturday morning in Chicago to honor the sacrifice of fallen military heroes and then walked to Daley Plaza to participate in a wreath laying ceremony. Maj. Gen. Marion Garcia, Commanding General, 200th Military Police Command, spoke at the ceremony about a Soldier she had served with who died on active duty. Following the ceremony, military leaders walked to Lake and State Street for the Chicago Memorial Day parade and observed the parade from the reviewing stand. On Sunday, Belanger led ten new Army recruits in the oath of enlistment and delivered a speech at the Memorial Day observance in Norridge, Illinois. Later that day, Belanger and Dewitt finished the Memorial Day weekend by participating in the Arlington Heights Centennial Memorial Day parade. In North suburban Highland Park, Jaquint, 85th USARSC, gave remarks at a Memorial Day service.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Capt. Michael Ariola) (Photo by Capt. Michael Ariola)
From left to right: Jim Frazier, Gold Star Family father of Staff Sgt. Jacob Frazier killed on March 29, 2003; Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot; Maj. Gen. Marion Garcia, Commanding General, 200th Military Police Command; Brig. Gen. Kris Belanger, Commanding General, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command; and Commander Zeita Merchant, Commanding Officer, MSU Chicago, U.S. Coast Guard view the Chicago Memorial Day parade from the reviewing stand, Mar. 25, 2019.
Soldiers assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command participated in parades and ceremonies, honoring fallen heroes, during Memorial Day weekend May 25-27, 2019. Belanger, and Command Sgt. Maj. Theodore Dewitt, Command Sergeant Major, 85th USARSC, participated in a Gold Star Family Breakfast Saturday morning in Chicago to honor the sacrifice of fallen military heroes and then walked to Daley Plaza to participate in a wreath laying ceremony. Garcia, who was the Chicago parade Grand Marshal, shared a emotional story at the ceremony about a Soldier she had served with who died on active duty. Following the ceremony, military leaders walked to Lake and State Street for the Chicago Memorial Day parade and observed the parade from the reviewing stand. On Sunday, Belanger led ten new Army recruits in the oath of enlistment and delivered a speech at the Memorial Day observance in Norridge, Illinois. Later that day, Belanger and Dewitt finished the Memorial Day weekend by participating in the Arlington Heights Centennial Memorial Day parade. In North suburban Highland Park, Col. Daniel Jaquint, 85th USARSC, gave remarks at a Memorial Day service.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Anthony L Taylor) (Photo by Master Sgt. Anthony L Taylor)
Brig. Gen. Kris Belanger, left, Commanding General, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command; along with her Soldiers, military leaders and City of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot step off in the Chicago Memorial Day parade, Mar. 25, 2019.
Soldiers assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command participated in parades and ceremonies, honoring fallen heroes, during Memorial Day weekend May 25-27, 2019. Belanger, and Command Sgt. Maj. Theodore Dewitt, Command Sergeant Major, 85th USARSC, participated in a Gold Star Family Breakfast Saturday morning in Chicago to honor the sacrifice of fallen military heroes and then walked to Daley Plaza to participate in a wreath laying ceremony. Garcia, who was the Chicago parade Grand Marshal, shared a emotional story at the ceremony about a Soldier she had served with who died on active duty. Following the ceremony, military leaders walked to Lake and State Street for the Chicago Memorial Day parade and observed the parade from the reviewing stand. On Sunday, Belanger led ten new Army recruits in the oath of enlistment and delivered a speech at the Memorial Day observance in Norridge, Illinois. Later that day, Belanger and Dewitt finished the Memorial Day weekend by participating in the Arlington Heights Centennial Memorial Day parade. In North suburban Highland Park, Col. Daniel Jaquint, 85th USARSC, gave remarks at a Memorial Day service.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. David Lietz) (Photo by Sgt. David Lietz)
Chicago high school junior ROTC cadets carry a large flag during the City of Chicago Memorial Day parade, Mar. 25, 2019.
Soldiers assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command participated in parades and ceremonies, honoring fallen heroes, during Memorial Day weekend May 25-27, 2019. Brig. Gen. Kris Belanger, Commanding General, 85th USARSC and Command Sgt. Maj. Theodore Dewitt, Command Sergeant Major, 85th USARSC, participated in a Gold Star Family Breakfast Saturday morning in Chicago to honor the sacrifice of fallen military heroes and then walked to Daley Plaza to participate in a wreath laying ceremony. Maj. Gen. Marion Garcia, Commanding General, 200th Military Police Command, spoke at the ceremony about a Soldier she had served with who died on active duty. Following the ceremony, military leaders walked to Lake and State Street for the Chicago Memorial Day parade and observed the parade from the reviewing stand. On Sunday, Belanger led ten new Army recruits in the oath of enlistment and delivered a speech at the Memorial Day observance in Norridge, Illinois. Later that day, Belanger and Dewitt finished the Memorial Day weekend by participating in the Arlington Heights Centennial Memorial Day parade. In North suburban Highland Park, Col. Daniel Jaquint, 85th USARSC, gave remarks at a Memorial Day service.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. David Lietz) (Photo by Sgt. David Lietz)
Brig. Gen. Kris Belanger, Commanding General, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, gives remarks, as the keynote speaker, during the Village of Norridge Memorial Day commemoration, Mar. 26, 2019.
Soldiers assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command participated in parades and ceremonies, honoring fallen heroes, during Memorial Day weekend May 25-27, 2019. Belanger, and Command Sgt. Maj. Theodore Dewitt, Command Sergeant Major, 85th USARSC, participated in a Gold Star Family Breakfast Saturday morning in Chicago to honor the sacrifice of fallen military heroes and then walked to Daley Plaza to participate in a wreath laying ceremony. Garcia, who was the Chicago parade Grand Marshal, shared a emotional story at the ceremony about a Soldier she had served with who died on active duty. Following the ceremony, military leaders walked to Lake and State Street for the Chicago Memorial Day parade and observed the parade from the reviewing stand. On Sunday, Belanger led ten new Army recruits in the oath of enlistment and delivered a speech at the Memorial Day observance in Norridge, Illinois. Later that day, Belanger and Dewitt finished the Memorial Day weekend by participating in the Arlington Heights Centennial Memorial Day parade. In North suburban Highland Park, Col. Daniel Jaquint, 85th USARSC, gave remarks at a Memorial Day service.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Anthony L Taylor) (Photo by Master Sgt. Anthony L Taylor)
Brig. Gen. Kris Belanger, Commanding General, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, swears in new Army recruits during the Village of Norridge Memorial Day commemoration, Mar. 26, 2019.
Soldiers assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command participated in parades and ceremonies, honoring fallen heroes, during Memorial Day weekend May 25-27, 2019. Belanger, and Command Sgt. Maj. Theodore Dewitt, Command Sergeant Major, 85th USARSC, participated in a Gold Star Family Breakfast Saturday morning in Chicago to honor the sacrifice of fallen military heroes and then walked to Daley Plaza to participate in a wreath laying ceremony. Garcia, who was the Chicago parade Grand Marshal, shared a emotional story at the ceremony about a Soldier she had served with who died on active duty. Following the ceremony, military leaders walked to Lake and State Street for the Chicago Memorial Day parade and observed the parade from the reviewing stand. On Sunday, Belanger led ten new Army recruits in the oath of enlistment and delivered a speech at the Memorial Day observance in Norridge, Illinois. Later that day, Belanger and Dewitt finished the Memorial Day weekend by participating in the Arlington Heights Centennial Memorial Day parade. In North suburban Highland Park, Col. Daniel Jaquint, 85th USARSC, gave remarks at a Memorial Day service.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. David Lietz) (Photo by Sgt. David Lietz)
Memorial Day during an interview with CBS Channel 2 News during the Village of Arlington Heights Memorial Day commemoration, Mar. 27, 2019.
Soldiers assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command participated in parades and ceremonies, honoring fallen heroes, during Memorial Day weekend May 25-27, 2019. Belanger, and Command Sgt. Maj. Theodore Dewitt, Command Sergeant Major, 85th USARSC, participated in a Gold Star Family Breakfast Saturday morning in Chicago to honor the sacrifice of fallen military heroes and then walked to Daley Plaza to participate in a wreath laying ceremony. Garcia, who was the Chicago parade Grand Marshal, shared a emotional story at the ceremony about a Soldier she had served with who died on active duty. Following the ceremony, military leaders walked to Lake and State Street for the Chicago Memorial Day parade and observed the parade from the reviewing stand. On Sunday, Belanger led ten new Army recruits in the oath of enlistment and delivered a speech at the Memorial Day observance in Norridge, Illinois. Later that day, Belanger and Dewitt finished the Memorial Day weekend by participating in the Arlington Heights Centennial Memorial Day parade. In North suburban Highland Park, Col. Daniel Jaquint, 85th USARSC, gave remarks at a Memorial Day service.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Anthony L Taylor) (Photo by Master Sgt. Anthony L Taylor)
Brig. Gen. Kris Belanger, right, Commanding General, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, speaks on Memorial Day during an interview with Fox 32 News during the Village of Arlington Heights Memorial Day commemoration, Mar. 27, 2019.
Soldiers assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command participated in parades and ceremonies, honoring fallen heroes, during Memorial Day weekend May 25-27, 2019. Belanger, and Command Sgt. Maj. Theodore Dewitt, Command Sergeant Major, 85th USARSC, participated in a Gold Star Family Breakfast Saturday morning in Chicago to honor the sacrifice of fallen military heroes and then walked to Daley Plaza to participate in a wreath laying ceremony. Garcia, who was the Chicago parade Grand Marshal, shared a emotional story at the ceremony about a Soldier she had served with who died on active duty. Following the ceremony, military leaders walked to Lake and State Street for the Chicago Memorial Day parade and observed the parade from the reviewing stand. On Sunday, Belanger led ten new Army recruits in the oath of enlistment and delivered a speech at the Memorial Day observance in Norridge, Illinois. Later that day, Belanger and Dewitt finished the Memorial Day weekend by participating in the Arlington Heights Centennial Memorial Day parade. In North suburban Highland Park, Col. Daniel Jaquint, 85th USARSC, gave remarks at a Memorial Day service.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Anthony L Taylor) (Photo by Master Sgt. Anthony L Taylor)
Sgt. Andrew Raynor, left, and Sgt. Maribel Meraz, both assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, march in the Village of Arlington Heights Memorial Day parade, Mar. 27, 2019.
Soldiers assigned to the 85th USARSC participated in parades and ceremonies, honoring fallen heroes, during Memorial Day weekend May 25-27, 2019. Brig. Gen. Kris Belanger, Commanding General, 85th USARSC and Command Sgt. Maj. Theodore Dewitt, Command Sergeant Major, 85th USARSC, participated in a Gold Star Family Breakfast Saturday morning in Chicago to honor the sacrifice of fallen military heroes and then walked to Daley Plaza to participate in a wreath laying ceremony. Maj. Gen. Marion Garcia, Commanding General, 200th Military Police Command, spoke at the ceremony about a Soldier she had served with who died on active duty. Following the ceremony, military leaders walked to Lake and State Street for the Chicago Memorial Day parade and observed the parade from the reviewing stand. On Sunday, Belanger led ten new Army recruits in the oath of enlistment and delivered a speech at the Memorial Day observance in Norridge, Illinois. Later that day, Belanger and Dewitt finished the Memorial Day weekend by participating in the Arlington Heights Centennial Memorial Day parade. In North suburban Highland Park, Col. Daniel Jaquint, 85th USARSC, gave remarks at a Memorial Day service.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Anthony L Taylor) (Photo by Master Sgt. Anthony L Taylor)