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Col. Patrick Work, left, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, shakes Master Sgt. (ret.) Jennifer Loredo’s hand during the dedication ceremony of the new child development center named for Edwardo Loredo, Jennifer’s husband, at Pope Field, Friday. Loredo was killed in Afghanistan on June 24, 2010. “With this child development center, countless Families will say his name every day for years to come. It’s especially fitting that we dedicate this location to a Soldier who was so committed to fitness and Family. This is one of only three facilities across our entire Army that provide hourly care for Families that are going to train at one of our fitness centers,” Work said.

New Jersey National Guard Soldiers, 508th Military Police Company, construct hospital beds at East Orange General Hospital, East Orange, N.J., April 29, 2020. The National Guard is assisting the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management in reopening a wing of the East Orange General Hospital in response to the COVID-19 relief effort. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Michael Schwenk)

Maj. Gen. David N. Blackledge, commanding general of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), leads the paratroopers of Task Force Normandy into St. Mere-Eglise behind three veterans of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment who parachuted on June 5 and 6, 1944 and fought in the area. Task Force Normandy is made up of U.S., U.K., French, and German paratroopers combined to celebrate the 67th Anniversary of the D-Day operations. (U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Gerald Ostlund)

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

A U.S. Army Soldier from 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment searches the mountains of the Andar province of Afghanistan for Taliban members and weapons caches June 6, 2007. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Marcus J. Quarterman) (Released)

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Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Spc. Kyle Joyner (bottom right), a line medic assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, maneuvers a simulated casualty underneath barb wire during testing for the Expert Field Medical Badge June 25, here. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Juan F. Jimenez)

International Security Assistance Force Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Hall went on patrol and visited with Soldiers from the 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in and around Kandahar City on June 28, 2010 during his battlefield circulation.

(Photo by U.S. Army SFC Matthew Chlosta, ISAF PAO)

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Patrik Abrenica, with the 108th Wing, stands in the hallway at East Orange General Hospital, East Orange, N.J., May 1, 2020. New Jersey National Guard Airmen have been assisting the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management in reopening a wing of the East Orange General Hospital in response to the COVID-19 relief effort. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Michael Schwenk)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

Nearly 140 members of the New Jersey Army National Guard’s 508th Military Police Company were reunited with their families at the Lawrenceville Armory on June 6 to conclude a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.The 508th provided security, force protection and advised the Afghan national police force in the Kabul region during their deployment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)

A Paratrooper assigned to 4th Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division fires an automatic grenade launcher during a mounted live-fire exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 3, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Hewitt/Released)

Maj. Gen. David N. Blackledge, commanding general of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), leads the paratroopers of Task Force Normandy into St. Mere-Eglise behind three veterans of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment who parachuted on June 5 and 6, 1944 and fought in the area. Task Force Normandy is made up of U.S., U.K., French, and German paratroopers combined to celebrate the 67th Anniversary of the D-Day operations. (U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Gerald Ostlund)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Battalion held a casing ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan after serving in Afghanistan on a 12 month deployment. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class David Wheeler, USFOR-A Public Affairs)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

National Guard Soldiers look at the full-size plaster model for the Statue of Freedom in the Visitor Center in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 13, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to Washington to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

The skies over Maniago, Italy, are peppered with members of the airborne combat team from the 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry out of Vicenza, Italy, as they conduct a training jump near Aviano Air Base in January. The jump was from an Air Force C-130 aircraft. (USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Jennifer C. Wallis) 010109-F-3820W-002.jpg

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

International Security Assistance Force Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Hall went on patrol and visited with Soldiers from the 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in and around Kandahar City on June 28, 2010 during his battlefield circulation.

(Photo by U.S. Army SFC Matthew Chlosta, ISAF PAO)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

U.S. Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 169th Infantry Regiment, New York National Guard, man a security post near the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to Washington to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

Maj. Gen. David N. Blackledge, commanding general of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), leads the paratroopers of Task Force Normandy into St. Mere-Eglise behind three veterans of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment who parachuted on June 5 and 6, 1944 and fought in the area. Task Force Normandy is made up of U.S., U.K., French, and German paratroopers combined to celebrate the 67th Anniversary of the D-Day operations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Felix R. Fimbres)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct platoon maneuvers during platoon live fire exercises at Tapa Central Training Area, Estonia, May 11, 2021, as part of Swift Response 21. Swift Response 21 is a linked exercise of DEFENDER-Europe 21, which involves special operations activities, air assaults, and live fire exercises in Estonia, Bulgaria, and Romania, demonstrating airborne interoperability among NATO allies and partners. DEFENDER-Europe 21 is a large-scale U.S. Army-led exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between the U.S., NATO allies and partner militaries. This year, more than 28,000 multinational forces from 26 nations will conduct nearly simultaneous operations across more than 30 training areas in more than a dozen countries from the Baltics to the strategically important Balkans and Black Sea Region. Follow the latest news and information about DEFENDER-Europe 21, visit www.EuropeAfrica.army.mil/DefenderEurope. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Gresso).

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 205th Afghan National Army Corps conduct marksmanship training during the Hero Leaders Warriors Course in Zabul Province, Afghanistan in April 2010. Members of 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division assisted in developing and instructing the leadership course.

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

Marion Gray - 29th Infantry Divsion/116th Regiment/A Company (Wounded twice on D-Day as a combat medic on Omaha Beach)

Don Jakeway - 82nd Airborne Division / 508th PIR (Jumped behing Utah Beach on D-Day, Jumped into Holland for Operation Market Garden and was severly wounded in the Battle of the Bulge.)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

Members of the 6th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps, Afghan national army, stand in a formation during their graduation ceremony at Patrol Base Shamshad, Nov. 26. Twenty-eight members of 6th Battalion graduated after two weeks of training headed by soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. (Regimental Combat Team-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs

Photo by Lance Cpl. Dwight Henderson)

Colleville sur Mer | France | 04 Jun 2009: On the 6th June 1944 allied forces landed in Nazi-occupied France. 65 years after the D-Day landings in Normandy veterans have come to Normandy to celebrate and commemorate.

here: veteran William Tritt, 86, a native of Carlisle, Penn., wears his original uniform from World WarII while laying a flower on a grave at the US cemetery at Colleville sur Mer. Tritt was a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 508th Infantry Regiment when he landed four miles northwest of Sainte Mere Eglise on D-Day.

Colleville sur Mer | Frankreich | 04.06.2009: Zur Feier des 65. Jahrestages der Landung der Alliierten in der Normandie sind zahlreiche Veteranen in die Normandie gekommen um der Landung zu gedenken.

hier: Der US Veteran William Tritt (86), in seiner Originaluniform aus dem zweiten Weltkrieg, legt eine Blume auf das Grab eines Kameraden aus seiner Einheit. Tritt sprang mit dem 508. Infanterie Regiment der 82. Airborne Division am D-Day übr der Normandie ab. Zum 65. Jahretag kehrte er zum ersten mal nach Frankreich zurück.

Sascha Rheker

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WWII veteran, George Shankle (third from the left), a radio operator with Co. E., 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, places his hand over his heart and other WWII veterans salute during the United States National Anthem at the 74th D-Day commemoration ceremony June 6, 2018 at Utah Beach along the coast of France. Seventy-four years ago to the day, paratroopers, Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the United States military conducted the largest assault and changed the tide of WWII.

Sgt. Oscar Gomez-Lopez, a carpentry and masonry specialist and a competitor for the 42nd Military Police Brigade Non-Commissioned Officer of the Quarter, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 508th Military Police Battalion, 42nd MP Brigade, attends the competition board for the enlisted Soldiers during the 42nd MP Brigade Non-Commissioned Officer, Soldier and Officer of the Quarter Competition on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Jan. 22, 2016. During the enlisted competition board, Senior Non-Commissioned Officers test how knowledgeable the Soldiers are on all Army and military occupational specialty specific topics...(U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Jasmine Higgins, 28th Public Affairs Detachment)

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct platoon maneuvers during platoon live fire exercises at Tapa Central Training Area, Estonia, May 11, 2021, as part of Swift Response 21. Swift Response 21 is a linked exercise of DEFENDER-Europe 21, which involves special operations activities, air assaults, and live fire exercises in Estonia, Bulgaria, and Romania, demonstrating airborne interoperability among NATO allies and partners. DEFENDER-Europe 21 is a large-scale U.S. Army-led exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between the U.S., NATO allies and partner militaries. This year, more than 28,000 multinational forces from 26 nations will conduct nearly simultaneous operations across more than 30 training areas in more than a dozen countries from the Baltics to the strategically important Balkans and Black Sea Region. Follow the latest news and information about DEFENDER-Europe 21, visit www.EuropeAfrica.army.mil/DefenderEurope. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Gresso).

Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)

Pfc. Brad T. Meetzee and Sgt. Tadd N. Crist, 1st platoon, Co. A, 2nd / 508th infantry of the 82nd Airborne Division react to an IED and an ambush on their convoy durring training at JRTC. Meetzee is a native of New York City. Crist is a native of Maquoketa, Iowa

CSM Delia Quintero stands with her 1SGs on Forward Operating Base Denver at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. Quintero is the senior enlisted female in the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. Of Hispanic descent, the Los Angeles native leads the 508th Special Troops Battalion as the senior enlisted advisor to the commander.

Members of the 6th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps, Afghan national army, listen to a speech by Lt. Col. John E. McDonough, the commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, after their graduation ceremony at Patrol Base Shamshad, Nov. 26, 2009. Twenty-eight members of 6th Battalion graduated after two weeks of training headed by soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. (Regimental Combat Team-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs

Photo by Lance Cpl. Dwight Henderson)