Saluting Service

By Robert TimmonsDecember 4, 2024

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1 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Daryl Hood, Army Training Center and Fort Jackson commander, leads the crowd in the cheer of ‘Game ... Cocks!’ before the start of the University of South Carolina’s Salute to Service Football game, Nov. 23. (Photo Credit: Robert Timmons) VIEW ORIGINAL
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2 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment salute during halftime festivities of the University of South Carolina’s Salute to Service football game, Nov. 23. (Photo Credit: Robert Timmons) VIEW ORIGINAL
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3 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Gamecocks defenders Fred ‘JayR’ Johnson, left, and Gerald Kilgore, right, close in on Wofford’s Amir Annoor during first half action. The Gamecocks would win the game 56-12. (Photo Credit: Robert Timmons) VIEW ORIGINAL
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4 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A spectator reaches out to shake the hands of members of the 282nd Army Band moments before the band took the field as part of the game’s half time festivities. The band was at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C., as part of the University of South Carolina's Salute to Service football game, Nov. 23. (Photo Credit: Robert Timmons) VIEW ORIGINAL
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5 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Daryl Hood, Army Training Center and Fort Jackson commander, welcomes members of the 282nd Army Band onto the field moments before halftime celebration of the University of South Carolina’s Salute to Service Football game, Nov. 23, 2024. (Photo Credit: Robert Timmons) VIEW ORIGINAL
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6 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A member of the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy color guard waits to march onto the field at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C., as part of the University of South Carolina's Salute to Service football game held Nov. 23, 2024. (Photo Credit: Robert Timmons) VIEW ORIGINAL
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7 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A color guard from the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy marches onto the field at Williams-Brice Stadium, Nov. 23, 2024, during the halftime show of the University of South Carolina’s Salute to Service football game against Wofford. (Photo Credit: Nathan Clinebelle) VIEW ORIGINAL
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8 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Staff Sgt. Micah Perala, a drill sergeant leader with the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy presents arms during the halftime of the University of South Carolina's Salute to Service football game against Wofford at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C., Nov. 23, 2024. (Photo Credit: Nathan Clinebelle) VIEW ORIGINAL

Soldiers from the Army Training Center and Fort Jackson, along with partners in excellence, joined the University of South Carolina in its annual Salute to Service football game held Nov. 23 at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.

Maj. Gen. Daryl Hood started the game by leading the crowd in the “Gamecocks” cheer.

At halftime, trainees and cadre from 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment stood in formation while a color guard and rifle salute team from the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy rendered honors, and the 282nd Army Band played.

The Soldiers would witness the University of South Carolina Gamecocks defeat the Wofford Terriers, 56-12.