Maj. Gen. Mark Barrett, EUCOM chief of staff, speaks at the 69th anniversary of D-Day commemoration ceremony on Utah Beach in Normandy, France, June 5, 2013.
This week, I have the opportunity to visit two important sites from that historic day – Utah and Omaha beaches, where we remember and honor the seemingly super-human feats that nations with a shared interest in liberty were able to accomplish.
Maj. Gen. Mark Barrett, EUCOM chief of staff, talks to Maj. Gen. Bruno Clermont, representative of the French chief of the air force, prior to the Memorial Day ceremony at the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial just outside Paris May 25, 2013. EUCOM and its components supported 22 ceremonies in six countries throughout the Memorial Day weekend.
Maj. Gen. Mark Barrett, EUCOM chief of staff, and Lt. Col. Darren Easton, assistant air attache with the Defense Attache Office in Paris, lay a wreath during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial outside Paris May 25, 2013. EUCOM and its components supported 22 ceremonies in six countries throughout the Memorial Day weekend.
Maj. Gen. Mark Barrett, U.S. European Command chief of staff, spends time in the Suresnes American Cemetery outside Paris just before the Memorial Day ceremony May 26, 2013. EUCOM and its components supported 22 events in six countries throughout the weekend.
A joint color guard from the U.S. European Command stands in the center of the Suresnes American Cemetery outside Paris during the Memorial Day ceremony there May 26, 2013. EUCOM Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Mark Barrett served as a guest speaker at the ceremony, which was one of 22 Memorial Day ceremonies with EUCOM and component participation throughout the weekend.
STUTTGART, Germany -- Master Sgt Roberto Gerald, superintendant for the Joint Reconnaissance Center of U.S. European Command’s Intelligence Mission Operations Center, is presented with senior enlisted service member of the year award by Maj. Gen. Mark Barrett, EUCOM’s chief of staff, at a ceremony on Patch barracks.
EUCOM Chief of Staff Maj Gen Mark Barrett discusses the importance of remembering Memorial Day with our European allies after the ceremony at Florence American Cemetery May 28, 2012.