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WASHINGTON – U.S. Navy Lt. Gregory Buck, from Charlotte, North Carolina, recently joined the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region (JTF-NCR), which is preparing to support the 60th Presidential Inauguration January 20, 2025.
Buck 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.
Buck, a 2008 graduate of Wake Forest, Charlotte North Carolina, is assigned to the Navy Liaison Office as a supply/logistics officer. He is responsible for planning, coordinating, and providing Navy service members to support the 60th Presidential Inauguration.
Buck is a reserve member of the United States Navy and has served for nine years.
“I’m incredibly happy to be out here in support of the 60th Presidential Inauguration,” said Buck. “I am looking to make the country, the Navy and most importantly, my family proud in this peaceful transfer of power.”
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: | 11.15.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 11.19.2024 13:13 |
| Story ID: | 485527 |
| Location: | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
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