21st Theater Sustainment Command hosts 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony

Brig. Gen. Karen Monday-Gresham, deputy commanding general of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, and Command Sgt. Maj. Jorge Oquendo, senior enlisted advisor of the 30th Medical Brigade, lay a wreath in memory of Sep. 11, 2001. The laying of the wreath is a time-honored tradition that signifies the respect for those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Photos by Sgt. Scott Sparks
Lt. Col. David Ward, deputy command chaplain of 21st Theater Sustainment Command, leads the invocation at the 9/11 memorial ceremony on Panzer Kaserne, Kaiserslautern. Sep. 11 commemorates 22 years since the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the deadly crash of United Airlines flight 93.
Seven Soldiers from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command execute a three-rifle volley salute on Panzer Kaserne, Kaiserslautern. The three-rifle volley salute was a ceremonial act performed in memory of Sep. 11, 2001.
Brig. Gen. Karen Monday-Gresham, deputy commanding general of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, speaks about the tragedy of Sep. 11, 2001, on Panzer Kaserne, Kaiserslautern.
Soldiers from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command salute to the playing of the taps in memory of all those who gave their lives in the line of duty on Sep. 11, 2001, on Panzer Kaserne, Kaiserslautern. Taps is a bugle call sounded to signal “lights out” at the end of a military day, and during patriotic memorial ceremonies and military funerals conducted by the United States Armed Forces.