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WASHINGTON – U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Regina Smoke, from Green Pond, South Carolina, recently joined the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region (JTF-NCR), which is preparing to support the 60th Presidential Inauguration, January 20, 2025.
Smoke is one of more than 800 service members assigned to JTF-NCR, a joint service command charged with executing all military ceremonial support for the inaugural period. The JTF-NCR is composed of service members from all branches of the armed forces of the United States, including Reserve and National Guard components.
Smoke, a 2009 graduate of Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina, is assigned to the public affairs office as the production noncommissioned officer in charge at the joint task force. She is responsible for managing production of digital media products that will inform the public about how the military is supporting the upcoming inauguration. Smoke is an active-duty member of the United States Air Force and has served for 14 years.
"It is important that I'm here to show the military's precision, teamwork, and dedication to ceremonial excellence during the inauguration," said Smoke.
JTF-NCR is the joint service command charged with planning, coordinating and providing U.S. military support to presidential inaugurations. During the upcoming inauguration, approximately 5,000 service members from every branch, including active and reserve components, will provide essential ceremonial and operational support for the 60th Presidential Inauguration.
Since 1789 when a military escort and full ceremonial procession including a military contingent of 500 members of the Army, local militia, and Revolutionary War veterans escorted the newly elected President to his swearing-in, military support has played a traditional role in presidential inaugurations. Participation of the armed forces in this time-honored tradition demonstrates the military’s support to the nation’s newly elected commander in chief, reaffirms civilian control of the nation’s military and the peaceful transition of power which celebrates the principles of democracy.
Visit https://jtfncr.mdw.army.mil/inauguration/ for more information. Be sure to follow https://www.facebook.com/MDWUSARMY/ for behind-the-scenes military preparation leading up the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States of America.
| Date Taken: | 10.22.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 10.22.2024 15:56 |
| Story ID: | 483652 |
| Location: | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
| Hometown: | GREEN POND, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
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