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Volume 11, Number 10  1VCMJTIFEJOUIFJOUFSFTUPGUIF/BUJPOBM5SBJOJOH$FOUFSBOE'PSU*SXJODPNNVOJUZtwww.irwin.army.mil                                  October 2, 2015

Remembering September 11, honoring the fallen

Fort Irwin community members and leadership participated in a September 11 remembrance walk to the center chapel here for a memorial service, Sept. 11, 2015.

               Story and photos by Gustavo Bahena              member the significance of that day, 14 years ago. He added         York City, at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. – events that
                                                               that “we want to take a moment today to pause and reflect on        change our lives forever and those of generations to come,”
                            Public Affairs Office              the sacrifices made by so many.” He explained that sacrifices       Martin said. “Thank you Silver Valley High School and Fort
                                                               were made by victims of those horrific attacks and those serving    Irwin Middle School, students, teachers and staff for waking
   National Training Center and Fort Irwin leadership,         and supporting the nation’s military in response to the attacks.    with us this morning. It was an honor to walk with you.”
Soldiers and the community paid tribute to the victims of
the September 11, 2001 attacks with a remembrance walk            Fire fighters of the Fort Irwin Directorate of Emergency            Martin continued, “I also would like to the thank mem-
and a memorial service, Sept. 11, 2015.                        Services operated one of three fire trucks still in existence that  bers of Fort Irwin’s finest – our Directorate of Emergency
                                                               responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center in New           Services, military and civilian police, our firefighters, our
   The remembrance walk began at Army Field on this            York City. The vehicle, New York City Fire Ladder Truck 152,        chaplains and their staff, who arranged the memorial ceremo-
military installation and continued to the center chapel. The  will be part of a September 11 memorial to be built here.           ny today. Can we please give them all a round of applause.”
NTC and Fort Irwin Commander Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin
walked alongside command teams of installation units.             At the memorial service held at the center chapel, prayers were     The terrorist attacks resulted in the loss of 343 fire-
                                                               conducted by Army chaplains and Martin spoke to the audience.       fighters and EMS personnel; 60 law enforcement officers;
   Prior to the start of the walk, Fort Irwin United States                                                                        125 Pentagon staff; 2,753 civilians, and; more than 7,000
Army Garrison Commander Col. Scott Taylor addressed               “Thank you for taking the time out of your busy lives,           United States military personnel, who perished since Sept.
participants, which also included several dozen students of    so we can share these moments to pause and reflect on, and          11, 2001.
Fort Irwin Middle School and Silver Valley High School,        remember what happened on this fateful day 14 years ago –
and the high school’s drum line.                               thousands of miles away on the east coast in a vacant field in                       See pages 14-15 for additional photos
                                                               Somerset County, Pennsylvania, at the Twin Towers in New
   Taylor explained the event was a way to recognize and re-
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