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Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center to Host Boots on the Ground Heroes Memorial and Ceremony on July 13

July 11, 2024

LANSING, Mich. — Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center (JMTC), in collaboration with the Michigan Army National Guard (MIARNG) Survivor Outreach Services Team, will display a Boots on the Ground Heroes Memorial and host a ceremony to honor fallen service members on July 13 at 11 a.m. The ceremony will include remarks by Col. Scott Meyers, commander of the Camp Grayling JMTC, remarks by the MIARNG Survivor Outreach Services Team and a performance of Taps. 

MIARNG Survivor Outreach Services coordinators will be at the Camp Grayling front entrance from July 13-18 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. to assist families interested in participating in the Boots on the Ground Heroes Memorial. The event is open to all branches of the military and the team is asking the public to bring one combat boot per fallen service member to be displayed outside the entrance to Camp Grayling. The MIARNG Survivor Outreach Services Team will supply a flag and one name tag per boot. The boots may be decorated and will be displayed from July 13-26 and must be picked up by July 26 at 4 p.m. More information is available at 2024 Boots on the Ground Heroes Memorial.

WHO: Camp Grayling JMTC and MIARNG Survivor Outreach Services Team
WHAT: 1st Annual Boots on the Ground Heroes Memorial and Ceremony 
WHEN: Ceremony is July 13 at 11 a.m.; Boots on the Ground Heroes Memorial runs July 13-26
WHERE: Camp Grayling JMTC, Grayling, MI

Media are invited to attend to capture remarks by MING leadership and the MIARNG Survivor Outreach Services team and should plan to arrive at 10:30 a.m. Please RSVP by 7:00 a.m. on July 13 to Jennifer Caverson, community relations specialist for CGJMTC, at 517-899-4042 or jennifer.a.caverson.civ@army.mil.

 

Department of Military & Veterans Affairs Press Release MI Newswire Department of Military & Veterans Affairs

Media Contact:

Maj. Megan Breen

State Public Affairs Officer

megan.e.breen.mil@army.mil

517-730-5776

Author:

Michael Kroll

Deputy Public Information Officer

krollm2@michigan.gov

517-285-9734

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