POW/MIA Day schedule of events


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The KMC recognition of POW/MIA Day will be Sept. 15. The following schedule will be observed:

 • 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. – Initiate the POW/MIA Recognition Vigil at the River Rat Memorial at the Ramstein Officers’ Club. The POW/MIA Flag will be flown; a volunteer sentry will  watch over this post for 12 hours. To volunteer to help with the vigil, contact Tech. Sgt. Jung Murphy at 489-8321.
 • 7 to 8:30 a.m. – A POW/MIA memorial breakfast takes place at the Ramstein Officers’ Club. A POW/MIA memorial table will be placed in the front of the room in a position of honor.  The event will center on paying respect and not forgetting those who have not been accounted for. The menu will include a large breakfast spread.  Tickets are $7.95 for members and $9.95 for non-members. Tickets can be purchased through units’ first sergeants by Sept. 8.
 • 4:30 to 5 p.m. – A Retreat Ceremony will be conducted with all members of the KMC at the NCO Academy Parade grounds on Kapaun. Some formations will include those members dressed in DCUs to represent a country still at war. To volunteer to be part of the retreat formation, contact your unit’s first sergeant.

 For questions or more information, contact Master Sgt. Tamala L. Hartz by e-mail at tamala.hartz@sembach.af.mil or by phone at 496-3007, or Tech. Sgt. Brady L. McCoy by e-mail at brady.mccoy@sembach.af.mil or by phone at 496-3003.

(Courtesy of the 786th Security Forces Squadron)