2PM, Montana Veterans Memorial, Great Falls, MT

Memorial Day 25 May 2015

2PM, Montana Veterans Memorial, Great Falls, MT

Master of Ceremonies………………….Richard D. Liebert, Lt. Col (Ret, USAR), MVMA

Welcome…………..Dwayne Nelson, Chairman, MT Veterans Memorial Assoc. (MVMA)

Presentation of the Colors…………….MalmstromAFB Honor Guard, Veterans groups

Invocation…………………………………..Lt. Col Mark Roberts, Chaplain, USAF, MAFB

National Anthem………………………………Sound of the FallsWomen’s Choral Group

Pledge of Allegiance……………………………CutsWood Academy students, Browning

Guest Speakers . Maj. General Jack Weinstein, Commander, 20th Air Force, USAF

Professor Marvin Weatherwax Sr., Blackfeet Community College

Dedication of Blackfeet Tribe Veteran tiles…Harry Barnes, Chairman, Blackfeet Tribal

Business Council; Michael Winters, MVMA;

Albert Salway; Clyde Heavyrunner

‘Warrior Songs’ Salute……………Jack Gladstone, ‘Montana’s Blackfeet Troubadour’

Remarks……………………………… The Honorable Jon Tester, U.S. Senate, Montana

Fallen Montana veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Salute Rodger McConnell, MVMA and military detail

'God Bless America'...... Sound of the FallsWomen’sChoral Group

Benediction………………………………….Bishop Jessica Crist, Montana Synod, ELCA

Taps...... Senator Tester, Marine Corps League

Major General Jack Weinstein commands 20th Air Force, USAF Global Strike Command and Task Force 214, US Strategic Command, F.E. Warren AFB, WY. He is responsible for the nation’s ICBM (missile) force which includes over 9,600 people organized into three operational wings. He was also Exec. Officer, 20th Air Force and Vice Commander of Global Strike Command that includes ICBM, B2, and B-52 bomber wings. He served in SW Asia as Director, Space Forces in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. General Weinstein’s joint assignments were at US STRATCOM, Offut AFB, NB.

General Weinstein was commissioned as a distinguished graduate from ROTC in 1982 and earned a BS Degree in Criminal Justice at University of Lowell, MA. He has commanded at all echelons and served as missile crew commander, instructor and flight commander. He has master’s degrees from Embry-Riddle and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and a 2006 executive fellowship at the JFK School of Government at Harvard Univ. Some of his highest decorations include the Legion of Merit and Distinguished Service Medal.

Professor Marvin Weatherwax Sr. teaches Blackfeet language and culture studies at the Blackfeet Community College, Browning, MT. He served in the U.S. Army (1967-1972) as an airborne Ranger communications specialist, which included joint combat operations with the ‘River-rats’ in Vietnam. Marvin’s father, William W. Weatherwax, served in WWII and Korea in the Army. Marvin’s son Dustin joined the Army in 2003, and was in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan as an airborne Ranger. Another son, Marvin R. Weatherwax Jr., served in the Marine Corps and his brother Shawn Vaile was in the U.S. Army and a sister, Kathleen Molly, in the U.S. Navy.

MONTANA VETERANS MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

The association established and maintains this memorial to honor and recognize all veterans of all branches of military service to the United States of America, in peace and in war. A Veteran is defined as any man or woman of any age who has served in any branch of the military of the United States of America in any capacity, and to honor men and women living and deceased equally.

Montana Veterans Memorial Association

PO Box 3524

Great Falls, Montana 59403-3524 (406)454-9070

Website:

Montana’s Fallen Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan

Army PFC Kristofer Stonesifer, Missoula

Army Reserve 1st Lt. Edward Saltz, Big Fork

Army PFC Owen D. Witt, Sand Springs

Marine Cpl. Dean Pratt, Stevensville

Marine Lance Cpl. Kane Funke, Kalispell

Army Staff Sgt. Aaron Holleyman, Glasgow

Marine Cpl. Raleigh C. Smith, Troy

Mt. Army NG Sgt.1st Class Robbie McNary, Lewistown

Marine Lance Corporal Nicholas Bloem, Belgrade

Army 1st Lt. Josh Hyland, Missoula

Army Sgt. Travis Arndt, Great Falls

Marine PFC Andrew Bedard, Missoula

Army Cpt. Michael MacKinnon, Helena

Marine Cpl. Phillip Baucus, Wolf Creek

Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy Sandvick Monroe, Chinook

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Charles Komppa, Absarokee

Army PFC Shawn Murphy, Butte

Marine Lance Cpl. Nicklas Palmer, Great Falls

Army Spc. Scott Dykman, Harrison

Army Spc. James Riekena, Missoula

Army PFC Matthew Zeimer, Glendive

Army Staff Sgt. Shane Becker, Helena

Army PFC Kyle Bohrnsen, Phillipsburg

Army Spc. Michael Frank, Great Falls

Army SSG Travis Atkins, Bozeman

Army Spc. Donald Young, Helena

Army Staff Sgt. Yance Gray, Ismay

Army Cpt Andrew Pearson, Billings

Army Sgt. James a. McHale, Fairfield

Marine Sgt. Trevor Johnon, Forsyth

Army Lt. Col. Garnet R. Derby, Missoula

Army Staff Sgt. Terry Lynch, Sheperd

Marine Corporal Nicholas Uzenski, Bozeman

Army Sgt. Jeremiah Whittman, Darby

Army Sgt. Nicholas S. Cook, Hungry Horse

Army Spc. Jonathan A. Pilgeram, Eden

Army PFC Daren A. Smith, Helena

Army PVT Timothy J. Hutton, Dillon

Army Spc. Antonio Burnside (Many Hides), Browning

Navy, Tech Airman, Andrew Scott Charpentier, Great Falls

Arrmy Staff Sgt Thaddeus S. Montgomery, West Yellowstone

Army PFC Michael A. Rogers, White Sulphur Springs

Marine Cpl. Stewart S. Trejo, Whitefish

Montana ties:

Marine Lance Cpl. Nathan Wood

Army SSG Patrick L. Lybert

Army Sgt. Lucas T. White

Army Sgt Michael Sturdivant

Army Sgt. John K. Daggett

Army Sgt. Shane Barnard