U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground participates in venerable local Memorial Day observance

By Mark SchauerMay 27, 2024

A color guard from U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground’s Airborne Test Force consisting of (from left) Spec. Christian Ramirez, Sgt. 1st Class Eric Danisa, Staff Sgt. Daylon Tittle, and Sgt. Richard Simmons was front and center at Yuma's annual...
1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A color guard from U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground’s Airborne Test Force consisting of (from left) Spec. Christian Ramirez, Sgt. 1st Class Eric Danisa, Staff Sgt. Daylon Tittle, and Sgt. Richard Simmons was front and center at Yuma's annual Memorial Day observance ceremony at the Ocean to Ocean Bridge on May 27, 2024. (Photo Credit: Mark Schauer) VIEW ORIGINAL
U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Millare (right) reflects on comrades who fell in Iraq and Afghanistan in an interview with KYMA news after Yuma, Arizona's annual Memorial Day observance ceremony at the Ocean to Ocean...
2 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Millare (right) reflects on comrades who fell in Iraq and Afghanistan in an interview with KYMA news after Yuma, Arizona's annual Memorial Day observance ceremony at the Ocean to Ocean Bridge on May 27, 2024. (Photo Credit: Mark Schauer) VIEW ORIGINAL

Since the birth of our nation, members of the Armed Forces have made the ultimate gift anyone can offer: themselves. Our liberty was purchased with their toil, sweat, and blood—and often their lives.

For more than 80 years, Yuma has paid a small part of this debt of gratitude with a solemn ceremony to remember the fallen at the Ocean to Ocean Bridge this morning.

As usual, on Memorial Day 2024 a color guard from U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground’s Airborne Test Force—consisting of (from left) Spec. Christian Ramirez, Sgt. 1st Class Eric Danisa, Staff Sgt. Daylon Tittle, and Sgt. Richard Simmons-- was front and center as ATF Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge Master Sgt. Donald Bullock looked on.

After the ceremony, YPG Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Millare reflected on comrades who fell in Iraq and Afghanistan in an interview with KYMA news.