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Open Letter from Retired U.S. Military: Support and Defend As former members of the U.S. military who have proudly served our nation, we write to express our support for Constitutional freedom and liberty and our concern for our country as many powerful forces seek to bring Socialism and Marxism to our land. When we agreed to serve our country, we pledged to support and defend the U.S. Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. During our active duty service, we did just that. Today, although no longer active duty warriors, we are still bound to this pledge and believe we are ethically obligated to protect our country. As such, we put our nation’s leadership on notice. We believe the hard left turn toward Socialism and Marxism endangers our citizens and the future of this great nation. Although a difficult step to take, we believe this step is necessary for us to continue to demonstrate the integrity and moral courage our oath requires. We are disgusted by the dismantling of the rule of law in our great country. We never thought we would see the return to Vietnam-style disdain for public service. Unfortunately, this disregard and disrespect is corrosive and will lead to dangerous situations for citizens and law enforcement. A revolving door for criminals and a two- tiered justice system that offers up different penalties based on the viewpoints of the accused must end. It disturbs us to see the erosion of fair and honest elections. Civilians doubt that our electoral system accurately reflects the will of the people. Current service men and women struggle to find clear instructions on how they can execute their own constitutional right to vote and doubt their ballots will be counted. We reject efforts by those who seek to avoid fair and honest elections by deeming commonsense voting measures “racist.” The gold standard in voting, recognized throughout the world, is in- person, with identification, yet politicians are seeking to end this in the U.S. We oppose the politicization and ideological purging of our military. The focus of our military should be on training, readiness, and defense of our Nation, not leftist cultural “wokeness”. We decry the assault on our constitutional rights through censorship of written and verbal expression and we point out the complicit arrangement between private corporations and those in power to present only one point of view. Never did we think we would see the day when our media resembled Pravda. Bureaucratic abuses that have led to business and school closures and excessive lockdowns should not be tolerated by the American people. We do not get our rights from the CDC, the FDA or from private corporations. And, as such, we will not tolerate Soviet-style internal passports or anything resembling the Chinese social credit system where citizens are monitored and controlled, whether that system be carried out by the government or by their cooperative partners in the private sector.

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Page 1: Open Letter from Retired U.S. Military: Support and Defend...Open Letter from Retired U.S. Military: Support and Defend As former members of the U.S. military who have proudly served

Open Letter from Retired U.S. Military: Support and Defend

As former members of the U.S. military who have proudly served our nation, we write to express our support for Constitutional freedom and liberty and our concern for our country as many powerful forces seek to bring Socialism and Marxism to our land.

When we agreed to serve our country, we pledged to support and defend the U.S. Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. During our active duty service, we did just that.

Today, although no longer active duty warriors, we are still bound to this pledge and believe we are ethically obligated to protect our country. As such, we put our nation’s leadership on notice. We believe the hard left turn toward Socialism and Marxism endangers our citizens and the future of this great nation. Although a difficult step to take, we believe this step is necessary for us to continue to demonstrate the integrity and moral courage our oath requires.

• We are disgusted by the dismantling of the rule of law in our great country. We never thought we would see the return to Vietnam-style disdain for public service. Unfortunately, this disregard and disrespect is corrosive and will lead to dangerous situations for citizens and law enforcement. A revolving door for criminals and a two-tiered justice system that offers up different penalties based on the viewpoints of the accused must end.

• It disturbs us to see the erosion of fair and honest elections. Civilians doubt that our electoral system accurately reflects the will of the people. Current service men and women struggle to find clear instructions on how they can execute their own constitutional right to vote and doubt their ballots will be counted. We reject efforts by those who seek to avoid fair and honest elections by deeming commonsense voting measures “racist.” The gold standard in voting, recognized throughout the world, is in-person, with identification, yet politicians are seeking to end this in the U.S.

• We oppose the politicization and ideological purging of our military. The focus of our military should be on training, readiness, and defense of our Nation, not leftist cultural “wokeness”.

• We decry the assault on our constitutional rights through censorship of written and verbal expression and we point out the complicit arrangement between private corporations and those in power to present only one point of view. Never did we think we would see the day when our media resembled Pravda.

• Bureaucratic abuses that have led to business and school closures and excessive lockdowns should not be tolerated by the American people. We do not get our rights from the CDC, the FDA or from private corporations. And, as such, we will not tolerate Soviet-style internal passports or anything resembling the Chinese social credit system where citizens are monitored and controlled, whether that system be carried out by the government or by their cooperative partners in the private sector.

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• We stand with Israel and call upon all Americans to continue with the Mideast peace initiatives, the “Abraham Accords” and oppose re-engaging in the Iran Nuclear Deal. Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons is not in the interest of freedom-loving individuals. We believe it is in the self interest of all Americans to oppose this deal.

• We must continue our efforts for energy independence. We believe it is in our nation’s best interest to reopen the Keystone Pipeline and focus on regaining U.S. jobs and protecting the national security interests provided by energy independence.

• The perforation of our southern border is a lifeline for terrorists, drug cartels and human traffickers. The current administration’s position on open borders and illegal immigrants places our nation at risk from a health, economic and safety perspective. As a sovereign nation we have a right and a duty to protect our borders.

• We oppose the establishment of cooperative relations with China as we believe the Chinese Communist Party is focused on global militaristic and technological domination. It is currently amassing weapons to stage a takeover of Taiwan. America is bound by the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty which protects Taiwan from invasion by the People’s Republic of China. Our cooperation with China is at odds with our signed alliances and is not in American self-interest. We must focus on preventing Chinese expansionism and protect our nation from attacks on our infrastructure by securing our gas pipelines and electric grids from penetration.

We call upon the American people to join us in opposing the advancement of socialism by holding public officials accountable in the public square and the voting booth. We must elect local, state, and federal candidates who will always act to defend our Constitutional Republic.

The survival of our Nation and its historic values, liberty and freedom are at stake.

Signed:

Lieutenant Colonel Allen West, U.S. Army, Retired and

Colonel Rick Ackerman U.S. Army Sergeant Bruce Acomb U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant First Class Gordon Adair Hallock U.S. Army Reserve Retired Major Gary Adams U.S. Army Petty Officer Talbert Adams U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Brian Adams U.S. Army Colonel James Adamson U.S. Army Commander Kerry Sue Adamson U.S. Navy Reserve Sergeant Jordan Ailie U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Brian Aingworth U.S. Army Oscar Akvarez Chacon U.S. Army Chief Petty Officer Shawn Aldrich U.S. Navy Captain Mario Alfonsi U.S. Air Force

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Command Sergeant Major Vic Allen U.S. Army Retired Chief Petty Officer Kenneth E. Allison U.S. Navy Reserve Kenneth Allison U.S. Navy Reserve Petty Officer Robert Allsup U.S. Navy Captain Andrew Aloise U.S. Marine Corps Chief Petty Officer Kevin Altice U.S. Navy Albert Amen U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant James Amos U.S. Army National Reserve Commander Bob Anderson Space Force Commander Robert Anderson U.S. Navy Reserve First Sergeant Gregory Anderson U.S. Army Chief Petty Officer John Andrew U.S. Navy Clarence Anthony U.S. Marine Corps Captain David Arnold U.S. Navy Corporal Lorain Arridondo U.S. Army Captain Michael Augustine U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Ault U.S. Army Senior Airman Jeffrey Aultman U.S. Air Force Captain Robert Averill U.S. Marine Corps Larry Bailey U.S. Navy Sergeant Major Stephen Baker U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army Retired Lieutenant Colonel Mary Baker U.S. Army Second Lieutenant Kyrna Ball U.S. Army National Guard Captain Theodore (Ted) Ballard U.S. Air Force Retired Chief Warrant Officer David Bandel U.S. Army Commander Lewis Barasha U.S. Navy Lieutenant Gerald Barber U.S. Air Force Captain Hal Barge II U.S. Navy Retired Commander Peter Barnett U.S. Navy Reserve Retired Lieutenant Roger Barnett U.S. Coast Guard Specialist Lee Barnhart U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sergeant David Barrett U.S. Air National Guard Thomas Bases U.S. Army Major Michael Bass U.S. Marine Corps Senior Airman Robert Baxter U.S. Air Force Sergeant David Baxter, Jr. U.S. Army Captain Steve Beasley U.S. Coast Guard Colonel Charles Beasley U.S. Army Katrina Becker U.S. Navy Paul Beckhart U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Corporal Edward Beisel U.S. Marine Corps Major Kenneth Belt U.S. Air Force Airman John Bennett U.S. Air Force

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Sergeant Mike Benson U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Benway U.S. Army Commander Donald Beprisitis U.S. Navy First Sergeant Sam Bertling U.S. Army Captain Paul Bibeau U.S. Coast Guard Commander Dana Bienvenu U.S. Navy Sergeant William Bigbie U.S. Air National Guard Colonel James Biles U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Bill Billado U.S. Air National Guard First Lieutenant Walter Billings U.S. Air Force Chief Petty Officer Jeffery Bipes U.S. Navy Ranger Brandon Birdsall U.S. Army Corporal Grady Birdsong U.S. Marine Corps Chief Petty Officer James Black U.S. Coast Guard Glenn Blackburn U.S. Army Sergeant Julian Blea U.S. Army Captain Daniel Bleskey U.S. Navy Master Gunnery Sergeant Christopher Blevins U.S. Marine Corps Seaman Brente Blosser U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel David Bolgiano U.S. Air Force Retired Sergeant Chelsea Bone U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Anthony Bonnell U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Michael Bonner U.S. Army Gary Boor U.S. Army Chief Petty Officer John Booth U.S. Army Sergeant Jason Borean U.S. Army Chief Petty Officer Thomas Bores U.S. Army Major Jim Bottrell U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Chris Boudreaux U.S. Marine Corps Commander Michael Bowen U.S. Navy Retired Colonel John Bowley U.S. Air Force Carl Boyce U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Martin Boyd U.S. Navy Master Sergeant Charles Boyd U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Jeffrey Boyd U.S. Army Lieutenant Commander William Boyer U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Mickey Bradley U.S. Army Reserve Colonel Frank Bragg U.S. Army Sergeant William Braniff U.S. Army Sergeant Terrance Bredenberg U.S. Army Captain Stephen Breeden U.S. Air Force Petty Officer Gerald Britt U.S. Navy Sergeant First Class Richard Brock U.S. Army

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Colonel Lisle Brook U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Wiley Brooks U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Francis D. Brooks, Jr. U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Royal Brown U.S. Army Master Gunnery Sergeant Timothy Brown U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Brevard Brown U.S. Air Force Specialist Vance Brown U.S. Army Sergeant William Brown U.S. Marine Corps John Brown U.S. Army First Lieutenant Gene Brown U.S. Army First Sergeant Leonard Brown U.S. Army Senior Airman Paul Bryant U.S. Air Force Corporal Christopher Bryson U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Commander Marvin Bucholz U.S. Navy Petty Officer Lloyd Buck U.S. Navy Colonel Frank Budd U.S. Air Force Herbert Buder U.S. Army Petty Officer Timothy Bumgarner U.S. Navy Commander Daniel Bunting U.S. Navy Gary Burgher U.S. Air Force Sergeant Ronald Burke U.S. Army First Lieutenant Raymond Burkley U.S. Air Force Major John Bush U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army Sergeant Ronald Bush U.S. Army Chief Master Sergeant Paul Buss U.S. Air Force Sergeant Karl Buttstadt U.S. Marine Corps Chief Petty Officer Shannon Byerly U.S. Navy Sergeant David Calabretta U.S. Marine Corps First Sergeant Frank Calamia U.S. Army Specialist Patrick Campbell U.S. Army Specialist Tom Campione U.S. Army Tom Campione U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Robert Canfield U.S. Air Force Major Michael Carey U.S. Marine Corps Retired Lieutenant Commander Leo Carling U.S. Navy Corporal Richard Carmer U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Martin Carpenter U.S. Air Force Reserve Major Jerold Carpenter U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Howard Carter U.S. Navy Reserve Captain Roy Cash U.S. Navy Retired Major Andrew Cempa U.S. Army Master Chief Petty Officer Timothy Chayka U.S. Navy Airman First Class Bobbie Chestnut (Woolbright) U.S. Air Force

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Senior Chief Petty Officer Laura Chichester U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer George Chigi U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Steve Chorazewitz U.S. Air Force Jack Chorazewitz U.S. Navy Sergeant Gary Christensen U.S. Army Lieutenant Wesley Christensen U.S. Navy Vito Cialella U.S. Army National Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer David Clark U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Michael Clark U.S. Navy Master Gunnery Sergeant William Clarke Jr. U.S. Marine Corps Captain Steven Clayton U.S. Marine Corps Chief Petty Officer Danny Clymer U.S. Navy Petty Officer David Coates U.S. Navy Seaman Richard Cody U.S. Navy Sergeant Gene Coffman U.S. Army Major Gary Cohn U.S. Army Airman Bennett Coile U.S. Air Force Colonel Thomas Colella U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant Michael Coleman U.S. Marine Corps Retired John Coleman U.S. Army National Guard Major Newton Collyar U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant First Class Enrique Colorado U.S. Army Robert Combs U.S. Army National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Michael Compton U.S. Air Force Sergeant First Class Hugh Conlon U.S. Army Colonel Martin Conrad U.S. Army Senior Airman James Cooksey U.S. Air Force James Coombs U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major Thomas Cooney U.S. Marine Corps Colonel David Corbett U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Commander Mary Jo Costello U.S. Navy Reserve Robert Cowan U.S. Marine Corps Major Fred Cox U.S. Air Force Retired Staff Sergeant Michael Cox U.S. Air Force Captain Billy J. Craig, Jr. U.S. Navy Colonel Timothy W. Crain, MD U.S. Army Retired Petty Officer Robert Crayton U.S. Navy Senior Airman Scott Cripe U.S. Air Force Airman Scott A Cripe U.S. Air Force Senior Chief Petty Officer Lee Cross U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant LeRoy Crotteau U.S. Air Force Kathleen Crowley-Coleman U.S. Air Force Lieutentant Colonel Barry Crum U.S. Army

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Captain Aaron Cudnohufsky U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Edward Cueno U.S. Army Retired Lieutenant Colonel Robert Curee U.S. Army Sergeant Tammy Cutlip U.S. Air Force Chief Warrant Officer Frank Czajkowski U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Val Daigle U.S. Navy Retired Sergeant First Class Miles Darlington U.S. Army Retired Specialist Guy Darvell U.S. Army Chief Petty Officer Francis Davis U.S. Navy Petty Officer Jerry Davis U.S. Navy Jed Davis U.S. Army Petty Officer Libby Davis U.S. Navy Colonel John Deal U.S. Army Retired Chief Petty Officer Chris Dees U.S. Navy Airman David DeFalco U.S. Air Force Chief Petty Officer Alan DeFelice U.S. Navy Corporal Jim Deister U.S. Army Retired Master Sergeant James Del Rio U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant R. Del Vecchio U.S. Marine Corps Petty Officer Deborah DeMasse U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Joseph Dempsey U.S. Army Reserve Mark Denton U.S. Navy Major Joseph Dentz U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant David Desmarais U.S. Air Force Sergeant Kenneth Desmond U.S. Army First Sergeant Richard DeTommaso U.S. Army Sergeant Jeremy Dewdney U.S. Army Captain Paul deWitt U.S. Navy Commander Dominick Di Bella U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Joan Diaz U.S. Navy Petty Officer Sheryl Donaldson U.S. Navy Corporal John Donathan U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant James Donohue U.S. Navy Master Sergeant Leo Dorrington U.S. Army Commander Markham Dossett U.S. Navy Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Douthit U.S. Air Force Dennis Downs U.S. Navy Petty Officer Thomas Doyle U. S. Navy Sergeant Lisa Draper U.S. Army David Draper U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Robert Dreher U.S. Air Force Sergeant Robert Gary Driggers U.S. Army Sergeant William Drum U.S. Army

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Sergeant First Class David Dry U.S. Army Retired Gunnery Sergeant Jessie Jane Duff U.S. Marine Corps Retired Sergeant Wayne Dugan U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Paul Dulchinos U.S. Army First Lieutenant Ed Duncan U.S. Air Force Chief Warrant Officer Gregory Dungy U.S. Army Specialist Thomas Dunlap U.S. Army Colonel Richard Dunn U.S. Marine Corps Chief Petty Officer Robert Durig U.S. Navy Major Miles Eberts U.S. Army Retired Colonel Michael Edwards U.S. Air Force First Sergeant Aaron Edwards U.S. Army Petty Officer Anthony Edwards U.S. Navy Sergeant Craig Ehle U.S. Army Retired Captain Steve Eklund U.S. Marine Corps First Sergeant Ronald Ellis U.S. Army Michael Elsbury U.S. Army Steve Elson U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Mark Emery U.S. Army Sergeant John Emler U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Toki Endo U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Kenneth Engle U.S. Air Force Commander J. Tom Engle U.S. Navy Reserve Sergeant First Class Ronald Englehart U.S. Army Retired William Enochs U.S. Army Private First Class Raymond Erker U.S. Army Reserve First Lieutenant Steven Ernst U.S. Air Force Command Sergeant Major Gail Ernst U.S. Army Master Sergeant Liam Erwin U.S. Army Retired Sergeant Major Gregory Erwin U.S. Air Force Chief Warrant Officer Felipe Estrada U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Craig Evans U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Cartney Ezyk U.S. Marine Corps David Fair U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Peter Fairclough U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Paul Fairfield U.S. Army and U.S. Army National Guard Captain Thomas Farrell, Jr. U.S. Navy Retired Sergeant John Fazekas U.S. Army Petty Officer Robert Feldt U.S. Navy Specialist Robert Feldt U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Fery U.S. Army Major Robert Finn U.S. Air Force Sergeant Robert Fisher U.S. Army

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Bruce Fister U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Kirk Fitzgerald U.S. Army Private First Class Shawn Fitzgerald U.S. Army National Guard Lieutenant Commander Alice Flanders U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel William Fleming U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Flesch U.S. Army Retired Private John Flynn U.S. Marine Corps Marcus Foran U.S. Marine Corps Commander Bradley Foro U.S. Navy Colonel James Fournier U.S. Air Force Joe Fowler U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Mike Fox U.S. Army Lieutenant Anita Francis U.S. Navy Captain Frederick Frankel U.S. Air Force Captain Richard Frazer U.S. Army Reserve Lance Corporal Michael Frazier U.S. Marine Corps Petty Officer Jim Freeman U.S. Navy Reserve Gregory Freeman U.S. Air Force Captain Douglas Freer U.S. Navy Sergeant First Class Franklin Frey U.S. Army Retired Staff Sergeant Andrea Frezon U.S. Air Force Retired Petty Officer Thomas R Fullard U.S. Navy Lieutenant Michael Fuller U.S. Navy Reserve Joe Fuller U.S. Navy Major Art Furtney U.S. Marine Corps Edward Futch U.S. Navy Petty Officer Charles R. Gaddy U.S. Navy Kelly Galvin U.S. Army Sergeant Jaime H. Garcia U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Paul Gardiner U.S. Army Captain Stephen Gasecki U.S. Navy Specialist Charles Geiselman U.S. Army Paul George U.S. Army Richard Giarla U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Gillem U.S. Army Retired Sergeant Frank Gillern U.S. Army Sergeant Charles Gillespie U.S. Marine Corps Lawrence Gilliard U.S. Navy Marjorie Giove U.S. Army Master Sergeant Michael Giovingo U.S. Air National Guard Major Daniel Godale U.S. Air Force Major Philip Goetz U.S. Marine Corps Seaman Recruit Victor Goff U.S. Navy

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Sergeant Michael Goodwill U.S. Marine Corps Petty Officer Tom Goolsby U.S. Navy Staff Sergeant Lawrence Gordon U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant James Gordon III U.S. Army National Guard Retired Sergeant Gregg Grant U.S. Army Sergeant Steven Granzow U.S. Marine Corps Petty Officer Gerald Green U.S. Navy Paul Greene U.S. Marine Corps Ted Greenfield U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Kirby Grgurich U.S. Marine Corps Captain Mark Grissom U.S. Navy Chief Master Sergeant Patricia Grist U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Groelinger U.S. Air Force Reserve Lieutenant Commander James Gross U.S. Navy Commander Kenneth Groves U.S. Navy Lance Corporal Wilkin Gunter U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Denton Guthrie U.S. Army Colonel John Hackbarth U.S. Army Senior Chief Petty Officer Larren Hagen U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Mark Hale U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Omar Hamada U.S. Army Special Forces Command Petty Officer Benjamin Hammer U.S. Navy Sergeant First Class Ruth Hammerman U.S. Army Retired John Hannen U.S. Air Force Colonel JC Hardee U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Phillip Harding U.S. Air Force Petty Officer Jackie Hardman U.S. Navy Greg Harrell U.S. Navy Debbie Harrell U.S. Army Specialist Rick Harris U.S. Army National Guard Petty Officer Richard Harrison U.S. Navy First Sergeant and Master Chief Petty Officer Lewis Hart U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer Randall Hartley U.S. Navy Sergeant Robert Hartman U.S. Army Specialist Dr. Christine Harvey, Ph.D. U.S. Army Lieutenant Commander Kevork Hashas U.S. Navy Lieutenant Jeffrey Hathorn U.S. Navy Petty Officer George Hawkins U.S. Coast Guard Warren Hawley U.S. Army Patrick Hayes U.S. Air Force Specialist James Hays U.S. Army Captain Michael A. Hebert, Sr. U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Jeffrey Helgesen U.S. Army

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First Lieutenant Keith Helton U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant Ron Hendrickson U.S. Army Specialist Devin Hensley U.S. Army Sergeant Michael Herron U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Daniel Heskett U.S. Marine Corps Specialist Robert Hessler U.S. Army Sergeant Major Emil Heugatter U.S. Army Retired Captain Peter Hewett U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Bill Hewitt U.S. Navy Retired Lieutenant Colonel Dan Hickox U.S. Air Force Retired Sergeant Ron Hill U.S. Army Colonel Jim Holloway U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Kevin Holloway U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant Gregory Holm U.S. Air National Guard Retired Petty Officer Robert Holmes U.S. Navy Sergeant William Holsomback U.S. Air Force Sergeant Chris Honan U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel Jonathan Hooks, Jr. U.S. Navy Reserve Charles Hooper U.S. Army National Guard Lieutenant Commander Jack Hopkins U.S. Navy Petty Officer Cynthia Hopkins U.S. Navy Commander John Horan U.S. Navy Catherine Horeis U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Horn U.S. Air Force Chief Petty Officer Thomas Horner U.S. Navy Retired Lieutenant Colonel Donald Horton U.S. Air Force Sergeant Joe Horton U.S. Army Petty Officer Gerald Hotchkiss U.S. Navy Major John Hough U.S. Air Force Sergeant Major Joseph Houle U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Antonio Howard U.S. Marine Corps Captain Mark Howe U.S. Marine Corps Chief Petty Officer David Howton U.S. Army U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class Peter Hristov U.S. Navy Colonel Kevin Hudson U.S. Marine Corps Chief Petty Officer Richard Hughes U.S. Navy Neil Hunt U.S. Navy Master Gunnery Sergeant James Hunter U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant First Class George Hunter U.S. Army Sergeant Alann Hurlebaus U.S. Army Specialist Daine Hurley U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Wendell Huskey U.S. Air Force Reserve Staff Sergeant Craig Hutson U.S. Army

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Corporal John Hynds U.S. Marine Corps Colonel James Iken U.S. Air Force Retired Sergeant Cynthia Cardoso Iken U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant James Ingersoll U.S. Air Force Captain Gary Jackson U.S. Army Captain Gregg Jackson U.S. Navy Retired Private First Class Donald Jackson U.S. Army Reserve Chief Petty Officer Charles Jacobs U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer David James U.S. Army Retired Lieutenant Colonel Russell Jamison U.S. Marine Corps Captain Joseph Janosek U.S. Army Reserve Colonel Peter Jaramillo U.S. Army National Guard Retired Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Jarrett U.S. Army Retired Sergeant John Jarrett U.S. Air Force Sergeant Richard Jenkins U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Commander Brendan Jennings U.S. Navy Reserve First Sergeant Steven Jensen U.S. Army Reserve Corporal Michael Jiron U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant Linda Johanssen U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Lieutenant Colonel Wray Johnson U.S. Air Force Petty Officer Russ Johnson U.S. Navy Senior Master Sergeant Blaze Johnson U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Paul Johnston U.S. Army Chief Petty Officer Frederick Jolowski U.S. Navy Sergeant First Class Jeremy Jones U.S. Army Denzil Jones U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Rodney Jones U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Jack Jordan U.S. Air Force Retired Chief Petty Officer Doni Juarez U.S. Army Corporal David Julstrom U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Richard Justice U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Carolyn E Kadlec U.S. Army Reserve Retired Lloyd Watkins Kahaloa U.S. Army Retired Master Sergeant Dave Kaicke U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Jon Karmazin U.S. Army Alan Kaufman U.S. Army National Guard Master Chief Petty Officer Thomas Keith U.S. Navy Captain Paul Kelley U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant John Kelley U.S. Air Force Sergeant Gregory Kelley U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Kelly U.S. Army and U.S. Marines Lieutenant Colonel John Kelly U.S. Army Sergeant Thomas Keltner U.S. Marine Corps

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Petty Officer Charles Kendall U.S. Navy Petty Officer Lewis M. Kennedy U.S. Navy Colonel Jon R. Ker U.S. Army Special Forces Retired Lieutenant Kathleen Kershner U.S. Navy Bruce Kesler U.S. Marine Corps Major David Keszei U.S. Marine Corps Retired Sergeant Major Johnnie King U.S. Army Captain Tom Kirby U.S. Marine Corps Petty Officer Karl Kline U.S. Navy Master Sergeant Edward Klostermann U.S. Air Force Major Dacre Knight U.S. Air Force Roger Kotter U.S. Navy Master Sergeant Michael Kozlowski U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Commander Michael Krawitz U.S. Navy Colonel James Kress U.S. Army Retired Private William Kroll U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant Glenn Kuehner U.S. Air Force Petty Officer Larry Kunkle U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer James W. Kurth, Jr. U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Michael La Mesa U.S. Air Force Corporal Daniel Lamarca U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer George Lambert U.S. Army National Guard Retired Colonel Gary Lane U.S. Air Force Captain Mark Lane U.S. Navy Major Stephen Lang U.S. Army Chief Petty Officer Scott Langhoff U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Erdie Lansford U.S. Air Force First Lieutenant James Latta U.S. Army Reserve Sergeant Timothy Lauderdale U.S. Army Retired Major John Laurence U.S. Air Force Sergeant Creighton Lawhead U.S. Army Commander Dale Lawson U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class Ronald Leach U.S. Navy Specialist Aaron J. Leas U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Dana Leavitt U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Robert Lee U.S. Army Petty Officer Raymond Lee U.S. Navy Robert Lehrer U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Marguerite Lenhard U.S. Air Force Retired Chief Petty Officer Grey Leskanic U.S. Navy Chief Master Sergeant Wayne Lettice U.S. Air Force Retired Master Gunnery Sergeant Paul Levesque U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Edward Levitsky U.S. Army

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Commander Jeffrey Lewis U.S. Navy First Sergeant Michael Lewis U.S. Army Retired Petty Officer Kris Lewis U.S. Navy Petty Officer Richard Lewis II U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Michael Lilley U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Commander Ronald Lippman U.S. Navy Reserve Petty Officer John Lipscomb U.S. Navy Commander Keene Little U.S. Navy Retired Senior Airman Donald Little U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Richard Lohr U.S. Air Force Private Richard Lombardo U.S. Army, U.S. National Guard Staff Sergeant James Lorson U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer John Loukota U.S. Coast Guard Colonel Edgar Love U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Wesley Love U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Joe Lowe U.S. Navy Major Wesley Lucas U.S. Marine Corps Specialist David Luckey U.S. Army Rick Ludwig U.S. Navy Captain Frank Lunn U.S. Army Retired Colonel James Luntzel U.S. Air Force Sergeant John Luquer U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Charles Lustig U.S. Air Force Major Keith Lutter U.S. Marine Corps Daniel Lynch U.S. Navy Colonel Fred Lyssy U.S. Army Specialist Steven Mabe U.S. Army Specialist/Petty Officer James MacCarthy U.S. Army/U.S. Navy Retired Lieutenant Colonel Charles Macchiaroli U.S. Army Retired First Sergeant Carl MacLeod U.S. Army Captain Ronald Mahaffey U.S. Marine Corps Chief Petty Officer Chris Malcolm U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Marcantonio U.S. Army Specialist Frank Mareno U.S. Army Specialist Julius Maresh U.S. Army Petty Officer William Margheim U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Paul Marrs U.S. Navy Paul Marrs U.S. Air Force Airman Hayward Marshall U.S. Air Force Major Barry Marshall U.S. Marine Corps Captain Richard "Spike" Martin U.S. Navy Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Mike Martin U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army National Guard Master Sergeant Howard Martin U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force Retired

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Specialist Ron Martin U.S. Army Senior Airman Rafael L. Martinez U.S. Air Force Colonel David Matthew U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jerry Maule U.S. Army Sergeant Donald Maurer U.S. Marine Corps Ronnie Mayfield U.S. Army Colonel Gregory McCallon U.S. Army Master Sergeant Edmund McCarthy U.S. Army Retired Staff Sergeant and Chief Petty Officer Gary McCluskey U.S. Navy and U.S. Army Lieutenant Commander David McCool U.S. Navy Retired Sergeant Randall McCoskey U.S. Army National Guard Captain Ed McCourt U.S. Marine Corps Chief Petty Officer Dennis McCoy U.S. Army Captain Robert McCoy U.S. Army Master Sergeant Thomas McCready U.S. Army National Guard Raymond McCune U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sergeant William McCutcheon U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant John Mcelroy U.S. Army Captain James McFillin U.S. Navy Retired Lieutenant Commander James McGarvie U.S. Navy Reserve Sergeant Christopher McGratty U.S. Marine Corps Major Roger McKenzie U.S. Air Force Senior Chief Petty Officer Michael McNeely U.S. Navy Captain Scott McNulty U.S. Air Force First Lieutenant Scott McPherson U.S. Army Richard McPherson U.S. Navy Peter McQuaid U.S. Navy Captain Brian Mead U.S. Army Retired Lance Corporal James L. Meadows, Jr. U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Thomas Melton U.S. Army Senior Chief Petty Officer Charles Merkel U.S. Navy Captain Robert Merritt U.S. Army Second Lieutenant John Metzger U.S. Army Sergeant T.J. Miley U.S. Marine Corps Airman First Class Robert Miller U.S. Air Force Captain Mark Miller U.S. Marine Corps Seaman Randy Miller U.S. Navy Specialist Matthew Miller U.S. Army Jimmy Miller U.S. Army Randy Miller U.S. Navy Hugh Mills U.S. Army Retired Petty Officer Vernon Millsap U.S. Navy Lieutenant Roger Minassian U.S. Navy Reserve

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Captain David Mitchell U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Ethen Mitchell U.S. Army Retired Captain Richard Moebius U.S. Navy Kenneth Moen U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Money U.S. Air Force Captain Larry Moore U.S. Navy Retired Sergeant First Class Terry Moore U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Kenny Moore U.S. Marine Corps Kevin Moore U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Johanna Mora U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Steven Morris U.S. Army Retired Sergeant John Morro U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Lannette Moutos U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Lauren Muglia U.S. Army Colonel Richard Mullis U.S. Army Major David Mumma U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Commander Thomas Mumpower U.S. Navy Sergeant First Class Robert Murkland U.S. Army Specialist Marsha Murphy U.S. Army Thomas Murphy U.S. Navy Colonel John Murray U.S. Marine Corps Retired Specialist Jim Muskett U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mustapich U.S. Air Force Senior Chief Petty Officer Dawn Napier U.S. Navy Staff Sergeant Ruth Neeley Cremin U.S. Army Colonel Tracy Nelson U.S. Army Retired First Sergeant Raymond Newman U.S. Army Senior Chief Petty Officer Frank Newman U.S. Navy Master Sergeant Robert Nicholson U.S. Air Force Captain Christopher Niebergall U.S. Army Eleazar Nino, Jr. U.S. Air Force Captain James Nissen U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Robert Nivens U.S. Army Major Harry Nordgren U.S. Marine Corps Chief Master Sergeant Jonathan North U.S. Air Force Retired Chief Petty Officer Stephen Norton U.S. Navy Retired Petty Officer Gary Novotny U.S. Navy Colonel Madonna Nuce U.S. Army National Guard Captain Richmond Nunn U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force Sergeant First Class Jeramy Nye U.S. Army Master Chief John O'Connell U.S. Navy Sergeant William O'Connell U.S. Army Tom P. O'Dell U.S. Army

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Major Sandra Ohler U.S. Army Airman Gerald Olander U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James O'Leary U.S. Air Force Retired William Olmsted U.S. Air Force Chief Petty Officer Byron Olson U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Robert ONeil U.S. Navy Jerry Oney U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Commander Allen Opitz U.S. Navy Command Master Sergeant Ralph Ortiz U.S. Air Force Diana Otterman U.S. Air Force Reserve Sergeant Thomas Owen U.S. Army Marion Owens U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel John Paganoni U.S. Air Force Chris Parish U.S. Army Reserve Major Frederic Parker U.S. Marine Corps Ed Parker U.S. Air Force Chief Petty Officer Larry Parr U.S. Navy Master Gunnery Sergeant Jack Parsons U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Kent Partlow U.S. Air Force Retired Petty Officer Rick Patterson U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel William Payne U.S. Army Retired Colonel Jack Peeke U.S. Air Force Retired Chief Petty Officer Bernie Penkin U.S. Coast Guard Juan Perno U.S. Air Force & U.S. Army Lieutenant Jimmy Persels U.S. Navy Rickie Pflueger U.S. Army Chief Petty Officer Leslie Philip U.S. Navy Roland Picard U.S. Air Force First Lieutenant Randall Pierce U.S. Army Master Sergeant Ray R. Pike U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Bob Pinkerton U.S. Army Retired Petty Officer Leon Pisani U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Kyle Platts U.S. Navy Sergeant First Class Aloysius Plumage U.S. Army Lieutenant Commander John Plunkett U.S. Navy Retired Sergeant Jim Plunkett U.S. Marine Corps John Polites U.S. Navy Airman Michael Pontrelli U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Gregory Popp U. S. Navy Reserve Sergeant Gavin Porche U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Scott Porter U.S. Army National Guard Airman Ricky Posey U.S. Air Force Captain Norman Powers U.S. Air Force

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Aaron Poynton U.S. Army Sergeant David Prather U.S. Army Senior Airman Gary Prendergast U.S. Air Force Captain Rob Presler U.S. Navy Retired Senior Master Sergeant Bradley Price U.S. Air Force Sergeant Ellbert Price U.S. Army First Lieutenant John Price U.S. Army Petty Officer John Prout U.S. Navy Master Sergeant James Purcell U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard Seaman William Purcell U.S. Coast Guard Mike Quattlebaum U.S. Army Jerry Quinn U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve Specialist Herbert Rahn U.S. Army Kent Ralston U.S. Marine Corps Command Sergeant Major Charlotte Randazzo U.S. Army Colonel Kerry Randel U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Robert Rapp U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Commander Brad Rath U.S. Navy Homer Ray U.S. Marine Corps Master Chief Petty Officer Angela Raymond U.S. Navy Captain Larry Reams U.S. Army Colonel James Reavis U.S. Air Force Major Wayne Recla U.S. Air Force Commander William Reed U.S. Navy Petty Officer Thomas Reed U.S. Navy Robert Reeves U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Rehrig U.S. Marine Corps Chief Petty Officer Robert Reimer U.S. Navy Captain Fred Remington U.S. Marine Corps Karl Reynolds U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Lawrence Richard U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel H.J. Richards U.S. Air Force Retired Staff Sergeant David Richardson U.S. Army Captain Allan Ricketts U.S. Army National Guard Sergeant Brian Riddle U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major Jon Ridolfo U.S. Army Lieutenant Corporal Steven Riensche U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sergeant Harold Riensche U.S. Marine Corps Thomas Rigg U.S. Navy Colonel Harry G. Riley U.S. Army Retired Neil Rinearson U.L. Air Force Chief Petty Officer Joseph Risdorfer U.S. Army Major Charles Rittenburg U.S. Army Reserve

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Master Sergeant Thomas Rittenhouse U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Robert Rivera U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Edward Robarge U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major Donald Robblee U.S. Army Tim Robert U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Alvin Roberts U.S. Marine Corps Captain Michael Robinson U.S. Navy Colonel Larry A. Robinson U.S. Air Force David Rockwell U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Edgar Rodriguez U.S. Army Sergeant Louis Rodriguez U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant "Buck" Rogers U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, CANG, KK9AU Lieutenant Colonel Glenn Rogers U.S. Army Corporal Robert Rohrer U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Francis Rom U.S. Marine Corps Moses Romero U.S. Army Special Forces Sergeant First Class Thomas Rose U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Rosencrans U.S. Air Force Retired Petty Officer Jay Ross U.S. Navy Commander Seth Rounds U.S. Navy Louis Rupp U.S. Marine Corps First Sergeant Robert Rush U.S. Army Stephen Russak U.S. Navy Sergeant Jeremiah Rutherford U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Commander David Rutkoff U.S. Navy Thomas Ryan U.S. Air Force Specialist Steven Saaf U.S. Army Colonel Walter Saeger U.S. Air Force Kenneth Salzsieder U.S. Army Chief Petty Officer Edward Sanderson U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Leslie M. Sanford, Jr. U.S. Navy Retired Lieutenant Paul Sanger U.S. Coast Guard Mark Santos U.S. Navy John Saraga U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Dick Sargent U.S. Marine Corps Reserve David Sasek U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Russell Cain Sauer U.S. Navy Retired First Sergeant Preston Saunders U.S. Army Retired Richard Savi U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Doug Scalard U.S. Army Commander Joseph Schaedel U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Joy Schank U.S. Army Petty Officer Marvin Scheinblatt U.S. Navy

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Commander Richard Schellhaas U.S. Navy Commander Phillip Scher, Jr. U.S. Navy Sergeant Matt Schlagenhauf U.S. Army Retired Master Gunnery Sergeant Jason Schlechte U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel John Schmedake U.S. Air Force Jonathan Schmidt U.S. Army Petty Officer Debbie Schmitt U.S. Navy Retired Sergeant First Class Martin Schmitt U.S. Army Retired Douglas Schroeder U.S. Army and U.S. Navy Sergeant Mark Schug U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force James Schuh U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel David Schultz U.S. Army Reserve Retired Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Schuster U.S. Air Force Airman E. Dale Schweinberger U.S. Air Force Captain Carven Scott U.S. Navy Reserve Retired Corporal Michael Scott U.S. Marine Corps Eric Scott U.S. Army Retired Staff Sergeant Michael Scupin U.S. Air Force Specialist Paul Seguin U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Ruebin Seibert U.S. Air Force Captain William Selecman U.S. Army Major Donald Sensing U.S. Army Colonel Robert Servant U.S. Air Force Petty Officer Jerrod Sessler U.S. Navy Specialist Cody Shackleford U.S. Army Master Sergeant Richard Shade U.S. Marine Corps Colonel William Sheaves U.S. Army First Lieutenant Stephen Sherman U.S. Army Reserve Colonel James Shi U.S. Marine Corps Master Chief Petty Officer Billy Shields, Jr. U.S. Navy Captain John Shore U.S. Navy Retired Chief Petty Officer Chris Shumake U.S. Navy Sergeant Robert Sigler U.S. Marine Corps Senior Chief Petty Officer William Simons U.S. Navy Retired Sergeant First Class Dillard Sizemore U.S. Army Retired First Lieutenant Edward Slaby U.S. Army Petty Officer Reginald Slater U.S. Navy Sergeant First Class Kevin Slattery U.S. Army Senior Airman John Smaldone U.S. Air Force Chief Petty Officer Fredrick Smith U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Danny Smith U.S. Navy Staff Sergeant Kathleen Smith U.S. Air Force Sergeant First Class Michael Smith U.S. Army

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Specialist Robert Smith U.S. Army Edward Smith U.S. Navy Robert Smith U.S. Army Specialist Lawrence B. Smith U.S. Army Lance Corporal David Snell U.S. Marine Corps Colonel William Snow U.S. Army Jimmy Snowden U.S. Air Force Senior Chief Petty Officer Nicholas Snyder U.S. Navy Sergeant John Soape U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Douglas Sons U.S. Army Corporal Ray Sorensen U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel John Souders, Sr. U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant Pat Spencer U.S. Army National Guard Roy Sperling U.S. Army Captain Stephen Spinello U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Kirk Spradley U.S. Army Master Sergeant Richard Sproul U.S. Air Force Commander Jerome Squatrito U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Richard F. St. John, Jr. U.S. Army Retired Staff Sergeant Frederick St. John, Sr. U.S. Army Corporal Douglas Stanley U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant John Staversky U.S. Army National Guard Winston Steadman U.S. Marine Corps Matthew Stephen U.S. Navy and U.S. Army Larry Stephens U.S. Air Force Chief Petty Officer Frederic Stern U.S. Army Commander Timothy Stockwell U.S. Navy Sergeant Kyle Stolan U.S. Air Force Specialist Gregory Stoner U.S. Army Command Master Chief Petty Officer Donald Stout U.S. Navy Captain Tom Stuhlreyer U.S. Coast Guard Retired Command Sergeant Major Henry Suddarth U.S. Army Sergeant Samuel Summey U.S. Army Specialist Timothy Sumrel U.S. Army Captain Steve Sunwall U.S. Air Force Joseph Surick U.S. Air Force Major Norwood Surles U.S. Air Force Retired Private John B Suveg U.S. Marine Corps Senior Chief Petty Officer Craig Swafford U.S. Navy Commander Mark Sweet U.S. Navy Retired Captain Christopher Szwed U.S. Air Force Reserve Command Sergeant Major William Tabor U.S. Army John Taggart U.S. Navy

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Seaman William Tait U.S. Coast Guard Captain Mike Tank U.S. Army Alan Tashima U.S. Air Force Captain Paulette Tatum U.S. Air Force Flight Surgeon Roy Lawson Tawes JTR MD FACS U.S. Air Force Captain Barbara Taylor U.S. Air Force Captain David Taylor U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Herbie Taylor U.S. Army Commander Shaun Taylor U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Taylor U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Pam Taylor U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Duane Telesha U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Steven Thomas U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Thompsen U.S. Army Captain Charlie Thornton U.S. Marine Corps Patrick Tibbetts U.S. Army Bruce Tidwell U.S. Navy Specialist John Titmas U.S. Army Chief Petty Officer Erik Toews U.S. Navy Major Eric Tomlin U.S. Air Force Kerry Tomlinson U.S. Army Master Gunnery Sergeant Ben Torman U.S. Marine Corps Chief Petty Officer Bobby Townsend U.S. Navy Major Brock Townsend U.S. Army Reserve Hospital Corpsman Lee Treadwell U.S. Navy Retired Chief Petty Officer David Tregembo U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Billy Trent U.S. Navy Captain David Triplett U.S. Army Retired Senior Chief Petty Officer Adam Troxell U.S. Navy Petty Officer John Trull U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Donald Tucker U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Steven Tucker U.S. Coast Guard Captain John Turner U.S. Navy Reserve Captain Neil Turner U.S. Army Sergeant James Tuttle U.S. Army Lieutentant Donald Tyson U.S. Navy Joseph Tyson, Sr. U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel John Tytla U.S. Army Richard Uchida U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Joseph Usher U.S. Navy Frank Valdes U.S. Marine Corps Major Jim Van Emburgh U.S. Army Colonel Marvin Van Every U.S. Army Reserve

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Louis Van Marm U.S. Army Steve VanDerHeyden U.S. Air Force Thomas Vanderhorst U.S. Navy Sergeant Billy VanDyke U.S. Air Force Sergeant First Class Richard Varela U.S. Army Sergeant Sergei Vasiliev U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Bob Veasey U.S. Army Petty Officer John E. Venlet U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Albert Verbanac U.S. Army Chief Petty Officer Thomas Vincent U.S. Navy Staff Sergeant Donald Vine U.S. Air Force Petty Officer Trina Voell U.S. Navy Sergeant Steven Vogel U.S. Army Commander Tim Wacker U.S. Navy Sergeant Alex Waigandt U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Bert Wallace U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott Wallace U.S. Coast Guard Specialist Phillip Ward U.S. Army Corporal Michael Ware U.S. Marine Corps Major Donald Warner U.S. Army Sergeant/Petty Officer Jeffrey Warnick U.S. Army/U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Robert Wasielewski U.S. Army Michael Wasielewski U.S. Navy Colonel Roxane Watkins U.S. Air Force Specialist Steven Watkins U.S. Army Commander Brian Wauer U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Tom Waylett U.S. Air Force Sergeant John Wear U.S. Marine Corps Robert Weaver U.S. Air Force Petty Officer Lee Webber U.S. Navy Seaman Christopher Weber U.S. Navy Colonel Ben Wedding U.S. Army Colonel John Welch U.S. Air Force Sergeant First Class Michael Weldon U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel David Wells U.S. Air Force Sergeant William Werhane U.S. Army Major Mark Westrick U.S. Air Force Retired Captain Philip Wheeler U.S. Army Specialist Warren Wheeler U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Jean White U.S. Marine Corps Specialist Glynnda White U.S. Army Colonel Donald Whitehead U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant Commander Richard Whitehurst U.S. Navy

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Captain Keith Whitter U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Will Wickun U.S. Marine Corps J. Kirk Wiebe U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Jim Wiede U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Michael Wikan U.S. Army Chief Petty Officer Craig Williams U.S. Navy Petty Officer Chris Williams U.S. Navy Sergeant First Class Bill Willis U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Sean Wilson U.S. Army Private Scott Wilson U.S. National Guard Chief Petty Officer Sonya Wilsterman Lull U.S. Navy Sergeant Bobby Wingate U.S. Army Petty Officer James Wingfield U.S. Navy Petty Officer William Wise U.S. Navy Staff Sergeant Michelle Witt U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Thomas P. Wood U.S. Army Retired Captain Stephen Woodall U.S. Navy Retired Petty Officer Richard Woods U.S. Navy Captain Greg Wooldridge U.S. Navy Sergeant John Woolf U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant William Woolfolk U.S. Marine Corps Specialist Doyle Wright U.S. Army Colonel Rich Wright U.S. Air Force Petty Officer Philip Wroe U.S. Navy Petty Officer Robert Yarbrough U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Sidney Yarbrough U.S. Army Retired Gregory Young U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel John Yox U.S. Army Commander Bernard Zacharias U.S. Navy Staff Sergeant David Zenker U.S. Marine Corps Denise Zeon U.S. Army Commander Michael Zidik U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Glenn Zimbeck U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Timothy Zimmer U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army National Guard