WASHINGTON – U.S. Air Force Mass Communication Specialist 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 2005 graduate of Colleton County High School in Walterboro, South Carolina, is assigned to the
public affairs office as the production non commissioned officer in charge at the Joint Task-force. She is
responsible for managing production of military support for the inauguration.
Smoke is an active 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.
| Date Taken: | 10.22.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 10.22.2024 14:03 |
| Story ID: | 483653 |
| Location: | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
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