Army Sustainment Command Soldiers salute veterans

By Army Sustainment Command Public AffairsNovember 17, 2011

Col. Robin Moralez at Moline American Legion — 1 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Col. Robin Moralez, Army Sustainment Command's Command Operations and Information Center chief, presents the keynote address at the American Legion Post 246 Veterans Day ceremony in Moline, Ill., Nov. 11. ASC Soldiers participated in a number of Vete... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Col. Robin Moralez meets veteran at Miline Ameriacn Legion — 2 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Col. Robin Moralez, Army Sustainment Command's Command Operations and Information Center chief, meets with J.R. "Dick" Smith, a World War II Army Air Corps veteran, following the American Legion Post 246 Veterans Day ceremony in Moline, Ill., Nov. 11... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Sgt. 1st Class Robert Haxton at Geneseo — 3 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Sgt. 1st Class Robert Haxton speaks at Northside Elementary — 4 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Sgt. Maj. Duane Strong in Galva, Ill. — 5 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Veterans Day ceremony in Galva, Ill. — 6 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Charles Rizer addresses residents of the Rock Island, Ill., Rehabilitation Center — 7 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Charles Rizer performs at Veterans Day event — 8 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – With the audience joining in, Army Sustainment Command Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Charles Rizer plays the guitar while singing a patriotic song at the Rock Island, Ill., Rehabilitation Center. Rizer was one of a dozen ASC Sustainment Command Soldiers partic... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

East Moline, Ill., Mayor John Thodos and Command Sgt. Maj. Stephen Blake — 9 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Command Sgt. Maj. Stephen Blake meets with veterans — 10 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Following a Veterans Day ceremony at East Moline, Ill., Commons, Command Sgt. Maj. Stephen Blake speaks with Bob Baecke, senior vice commander and adjutant, American Legion Post 227, and other veterans. Blake is one of a dozen Army Sustainment Comman... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Command Sgt. Maj. Stephen Blake speaks with Honor Flight organizers — 11 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Command Sgt. Maj. Stephen Blake speaks with Honor Flight organizers at the Davenport, Iowa, Rotary Club's Nov. 11 meeting. Blake is one of a dozen Army Sustainment Command Soldiers who represented the Army at Veterans Day events across western Illino... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Command Sgt. Maj. Stephen Blake speaks with a reporter — 12 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Davenport honors Veterans — 13 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Davenport honors Veterans — 14 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Brig. Gen. Thomas Harvey, ASC DCG — 15 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Brig. Gen. Thomas Harvey, Army Sustainment Command's deputy commanding general for operations, mobilization and reserve affairs, joins approximately 150 students and community members during the Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Veterans Day ceremon... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Lone Bugler — 16 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Col. Richard Dix, ASC chief of staff — 17 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Col. Richard Dix, ASC chief of staff with vets — 18 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

ASC leadership meet with vts — 19 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (From Left) Col. Victor Harmon, Capt. Eric Pahnke, Brig. Gen. Thomas Harvey, and Col. Richard Dix, Army Sustainment, were luncheon guests of VFW Post 8890 following the Veterans Day ceremony in Silvis, Ill., Nov. 11 (Photo by Jackie Hoggins, ASC Publ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Col. Victor Harmon, ASC, meets with teens — 20 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Col. Victor Harmon, ASC, meets with vets — 21 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Col. Richard Dix, ASC, meets with veteran — 22 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Col. Richard Dix, ASC, at the Hero Street Memorial — 23 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

1st Sgt. Eric Evans, ASC, Superintendant Ray Bergles — 24 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

1st Sgt. Eric Evans, ASC, Silvis (Ill.) Junior High — 25 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

1st Sgt. Eric Evans, ASC, meets with students — 26 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Col. Richard Dix, ASC, at Hero Street — 27 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Col. Victor Harmon, ASC, at the Hero Street Memorial Park — 28 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Col. Victor Harmon, commander of the Army Sustainment Command Distribution Management Center, addresses the audience at the Hero Street Memorial Park Veterans Day observance in Silvis, Ill., Nov 11. The park memorializes eight young men of Mexican-Am... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Col. Victor Harmon, ASC, with Navy veteran Brian Munos — 29 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Col. Victor Harmon, commander of the Army Sustainment Command Distribution Management Center, meets with Brian Munos, a Hero Street native and Navy veteran who also spoke at the Hero Street Memorial Park Veterans Day observance in Silvis, Ill., Nov 1... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Sgt. Maj. Nicholas Castillo, ASC, meets with a veteran — 30 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. Maj. Nicholas Castillo, operations sergeant major for Army Sustainment Command, accepts a humble thank you from a fellow veteran following his address at the American Legion Post 569 Veterans Day observance Nov. 11., in Milan, Ill. (U.S. Army ph... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Sgt. Maj. Nicholas Castillo, ASC, in Milan, Ill. — 31 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. Maj. Nicholas Castillo, operations sergeant major for Army Sustainment Command, speaks to Milan, Ill., American Legion Post 569 members, family, and friends at the post's Veterans Day observance Nov. 11 (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Sean Ri... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Sgt. Maj. Nicholas Castillo, ASC, at American Legion Post 569 — 32 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. Maj. Nicholas Castillo, operations sergeant major for Army Sustainment Command, speaks to Milan, Ill., American Legion Post 569 members, family, and friends at the post's Veterans Day observance Nov. 11 (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Sean Ri... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Sgt. Maj. Nicholas Castillo, ASC, speaks in Milan, Ill. — 33 / 33 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. Maj. Nicholas Castillo, operations sergeant major for Army Sustainment Command, speaks to Milan, Ill., American Legion Post 569 members, family, and friends at the post's Veterans Day observance Nov. 11 (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Sean Ri... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. -- Army Sustainment Command Soldiers fanned out across western Illinois and eastern Iowa over the Veterans Day holiday weekend, paying tribute to area veterans.

In an all-out community outreach effort, ASC Soldiers gave speeches, conducted presentations, participated in parades.

Related Links:

Army Sustainment Command Home page

Army Sustainment Command Facebook page

ASC Veterans Day Photo Collection

ASC Veterans Day video report

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