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A Military and Funeral Honors team carries the flag-draped coffin of Illinois Army National Guard Pfc. Harry Jerele to the awaiting hearse at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago Oct. 1.

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The Chicago Fire Department at O’Hare International Airport presents a water salute on the aircraft carrying the remains of Illinois Army National Guard Pfc. Harry Jerele as it arrives at O’Hare International Airport Oct. 1.

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Sgt. Maj. Russell Creviston, G-3 sergeant major, Illinois Army National Guard, offers humorous advice to fellow Soldiers during a retirement ceremony Sept. 18 at the Illinois Military Academy, Camp Lincoln, Springfield. Creviston, who enlisted in the Illinois Army National Guard in 1992, retired with 32 years of service.

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Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Kelly has been named as the 15th State Command Sergeant Major for the Illinois Army National Guard.

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Major Gen. Rodney Boyd, Adjutant General of the State of Illinois presents the U.S. flag to Jackie Platt-Whitfield, window of retired Brig. Gen. Walter J. Whitfield, during a full military honor's funeral ceremony Sept. 9, 2024.

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Soldiers with the Arizona National Guard Honor Guard conduct the flag folding ceremony during a full military honors funeral for retired Brig. Gen. Walter J. Whitfield, Sept. 9, 2024.

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Soldiers of the Arizona National Guard Honor Guard stand at attention for the playing of TAPS during a full military honor's funeral for retired Brig. Gen. Walter J. Whitfield, Sept. 9, 2024.

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Brig. Gen. Whitfield, who passed August 16, 2024, was the first black person to be federally recognized as a brigadier general in the Illinois Army National Guard.

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Ken Salas and Jackie Platt-Whitfield present Major Gen. Rodney Boyd, Adjutant General of the State of Illinois with a saber that belonged to retired Brig. Gen. Walter J. Whitfield Sept. 9, 2024

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Sgt. 1st Class Melissa Brooker of Rockford retired from the Illinois Army National Guard after 28 years of service.

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Sgt. 1st Class Melissa Brooker of Rockford retired from the Illinois Army National Guard after 28 years of service.

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Illinois Army National Guard Brig. Gen. (retired) Steven Huber discusses the career of Sgt. First Class Melissa Brooker.

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Sgt. 1st Class Melissa Brooker of Rockford retired from the Illinois Army National Guard after 28 years of service.

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Approximately 100 Illinois Army National Guard warrant officers pose for a photo while in attendance at the Illinois National Guard Warrant Officer Symposium on Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois Sept. 11-12.

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Col. (P) Lenny Williams, Assistant Adjutant General-Army of the Illinois National Guard and Commander of the Illinois Army National Guard, speaks to the approximately 100 warrant officers in attendance at the Illinois National Guard Warrant Officer Symposium on Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois Sept. 12.

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Illinois State Command Chief Warrant Officer 5 Thomas Black speaks to the approximately 100 warrant officers in attendance at the Illinois National Guard Warrant Officer Symposium on Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois Sept. 12.

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Command Chief Warrant Officer 5 Brian Searcy, Command Chief Warrant Officer of the Army National Guard, speaks to the approximately 100 warrant officers in attendance at the Illinois National Guard Warrant Officer Symposium on Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois Sept. 12.

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A Beechcraft C-12 Heron being flown by Chief Warrant Officer 4 Richard “Trey” McCormick of Springfield, Illinois, serving with Detachment 5, A Company, 2nd Battalion 245th Aviation Regiment based in Springfield, Illinois, gets sprayed down after his last flight at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois on Sept. 6.

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Chief Warrant Officer 4 Richard “Trey” McCormick of Springfield, Illinois, serving with Detachment 5, A Company, 2nd Battalion 245th Aviation Regiment based in Springfield, Illinois, walks off of a Beechcraft C-12 Heron after his last flight on the aircraft at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois on Sept. 6.

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Chief Warrant Officer 4 Richard “Trey” McCormick of Springfield, Illinois, serving with Detachment 5, A Company, 2nd Battalion 245th Aviation Regiment based in Springfield, Illinois, along side Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Childers of Jacksonville, Illinois, also serving in the 245th, walk towards friends and family members of McCormick’s after he flew a Boeing CH-47 Chinook Helicopter at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois on Sept. 6.

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