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Service members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard rehearse their presentation of the United States of America and its military branches flags before the NFL Draft in Detroit, Mich., Apr. 25, 2024.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Julian Patricio)
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Service members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard interact with Voyageur College Prep High School students as part of a community engagement event in Detroit, Mich., Apr. 26, 2024.
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Service members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard interact with Voyageur College Prep High School students as part of a community engagement event in Detroit, Mich., Apr. 26, 2024.
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Service members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard interact with Voyageur College Prep High School students as part of a community engagement event in Detroit, Mich., Apr. 26, 2024.
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Service members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard interact with Voyageur College Prep High School students as part of a community engagement event in Detroit, Mich., Apr. 26, 2024.
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Service members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard interact with Voyageur College Prep High School students as part of a community engagement event in Detroit, Mich., Apr. 26, 2024.
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Service members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard interact with Voyageur College Prep High School students as part of a community engagement event in Detroit, Mich., Apr. 26, 2024.
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As part of the festivities surrounding Detroit’s recent hosting of the 2024 NFL Draft, leaders and Soldiers from the U.S. Army in Warren, Michigan, participated in several events that allowed them to share the Army story with a national audience and spotlighted the work the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) do every day to support our country.
Working with the Great Lakes Recruiting Battalion and the Military District of Washington’s Joint Services Color Guard, the TACOM team presented to 300 students, including cadets from local JROTC units, at Voyageur High School in Detroit. The Joint Services Color Guard team spoke about their careers, why they are proud to be members of the color guard and what it means to serve our nation. During the subsequent question-and-answer session, the students clearly were impressed by what the military members had to say and by their commitment to their service and their decision to serve.
As part of the NFL’s Salute to Service initiative, the Joint Services Color Guard presented the national colors during the NFL Draft’s opening ceremony and national anthem. On Day 3 of the draft, Brig. Gen. Michael B. Lalor, TACOM commanding general, administered the oath of office to 33 enlistees during a special Joint Enlistment Ceremony for recruits from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Space Force, who took the stage before a record-breaking NFL Draft crowd of more than 200,000 football fans.
Later that day, in recognition of April as the Month of the Military Child, during which the Department of Defense pays tribute to the children of military service members, Grace and Allan Lalor joined their father on stage to announce the 166th, fourth-round draft pick for the New York Giants. During the draft announcement, Brig. Gen. Lalor said, despite being a New York native, “I am so proud of Detroit.”
Rounding out the NFL Draft activities, Soldiers from the TACOM team attended an event featuring Collette Smith, former NY Jets’ coach and the first Black female coach in the NFL. She spoke about why she left her coaching job, her desire to help women and girls achieve their goals, and what it means to have been the first female coach for the Jets. Smith, still radiating the fire and determination of a coach working in the NFL today, was the perfect capstone to the three days of NFL Draft events.
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