Col. Todd Allison, garrison commander, U.S. Army Garrison Rock Island Arsenal, drops a piece of candy in the bag of a participant in the garrison's Boo on the Rock / Trunk or Treat celebration held Oct. 28 in Heritage Hall and the Lock & Lounge area on Rock Island Arsenal.

Command Sgt. Maj. John Dobbins, command sergeant major, U.S. Army Garrison Rock Island Arsenal, looks over his table and is ready to engage and give out candy as the first wave of participants pass by at the Boo on the Rock / Truck or Treat celebration held Oct. 28 in Heritage Hall and the Lock & Lounge area on Rock Island Arsenal.

Members of Army Contracting Command - Rock Island give out candy at the Boo on the Rock / Truck or Treat celebration held Oct. 28 in Heritage Hall and the Lock & Lounge area on Rock Island Arsenal. The command earned First Place with their “Field of Screams” themed display as part of the Trunk or Treat competition.

Members of U.S. Army Sustainment Command (G4 – Facilities and Logistics) give out candy at the Boo on the Rock / Truck or Treat celebration held Oct. 28 in Heritage Hall and the Lock & Lounge area on Rock Island Arsenal. The command earned Second Place with their “Coco” themed display as part of the Trunk or Treat competition.

Members of the Rock Island National Cemetery (National Cemetery Administration (NCA) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) give out candy at the Boo on the Rock / Truck or Treat celebration held Oct. 28 in Heritage Hall and the Lock & Lounge area on Rock Island Arsenal. The members earned Third Place with their cemetery themed display.

Rock Island Arsenal workforce family members make their way through the "haunted house" part of the Boo on the Rock / Truck or Treat celebration held Oct. 28 in Heritage Hall and the Lock & Lounge area on Rock Island Arsenal.

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Illinois - (Oct. 28, 2021) The Rock Island Arsenal hosted its Boo on the Rock / Truck or Treat celebration Oct. 28 in Heritage Hall and the Lock & Lounge area to an extreme success. The event included trick or treating that walked around the circumference of Heritage Hall among more than 20 tables that transformed into elaborate Halloween themed displays and manned by costumed employees who eagerly passed out candy and goodies to participants.

Hundreds of families filtered through the gauntlet of displays over the course of the evening and then made their way over to the Lock & Dam Lounge area that featured fall vendors, a variety of food for purchase, and entertainment that included magicians, as well as a “haunted house” just to the outside of building.

The Trunk or Treat portion of the evening was held at tables, but still included the annual contest and three official winners who received trophies.

Army Contracting Command - Rock Island earned First Place with their “Field of Screams” themed display; U.S. Army Sustainment Command (G4 – Facilities and Logistics) earned Second Place with their display “Coco”; and Rock Island National Cemetery (National Cemetery Administration (NCA) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) earned Third Place with their cemetery themed display.

The Rock Island Arsenal FMWR made the entire event happen and did an incredible job coordinating and facilitating the event.