A Kirtland Air Force Base Honor Guard member presents a United States flag to retired Navy captain and Los Alamos Site Office Manager Don Winchell during a presentation this week at the new LASO facility.
The flag was flown in front of the new LASO building overnight Monday and taken down in an official ceremony on Tuesday.
Bottom photo: Honor Guard members from Kirtland Air Force Base hoist a flag that flew in Balad, Iraq, Bagram, Afghanistan, and Marrakech, Morocco before being presented to the Los Alamos Site Office on behalf of MC-130 aircraft Commander Captain Shane Owens.
After flying for one night only in accordance with military protocol, it now is displayed in a glass case in the main conference room at LASO.
