P-S GAR begins POW/MIA Remembrance Week

High Frontier Honor Guard Ceremonial Guardsman attach the American flag to the flag pole in preparation to raise it during the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Remembrance Week flag raising ceremony at Vosler Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 13, 2021. The Honor Guard’s area of responsibility consists of 93,000 square miles to include 37 counties in Colorado and nine counties in Western Kansas. (U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jared Bunn)

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P-S GAR begins POW/MIA Remembrance Week

U.S. Air Force Col. David Wilson, Peterson-Schriever Garrison vice commander, provides opening remarks at the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Remembrance Week flag raising ceremony at Vosler Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 13, 2021. Wilson is the first vice commander for P-S GAR - Peterson SFB and leads 2,000 personnel who provide civil engineer, communications, contract, logistics, personnel, security and services support to P-S GAR to include 23 geographically separated units, operating worldwide to execute missile warning, space situational awareness, and space control missions. (U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jared Bunn)

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P-S GAR begins POW/MIA Remembrance Week

High Frontier Honor Guard Ceremonial Guardsman raise the American flag during the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Remembrance Week Flag Raising ceremony at Vosler Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 13, 2021. Ceremonial Guardsman are trained to showcase teamwork, precision and military bearing. (U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jared Bunn)

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P-S GAR begins POW/MIA Remembrance Week

High Frontier Honor Guard Ceremonial Guardsman and Peterson-Schriever Garrison personnel salute the American flag during the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Remembrance Week flag raising ceremony at Vosler Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 13, 2021. P-S GAR’s mission is to enable the U.S. Space Force with the ability to execute the missions of eight functional space deltas and more than 80 mission partners across 22 world-wide locations through the provision of integrated USSF and U.S. Air Force base operating support, combat service support, and Garrison Support Agency services. (U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jared Bunn)

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P-S GAR begins POW/MIA Remembrance Week

High Frontier Honor Guard Ceremonial Guardsman attach the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flag to the flag pole in preparation to raise it during the POW/MIA Remembrance Week flag raising ceremony at Vosler Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 13, 2021. On March 9, 1989, the first POW/MIA flag was flown over White House in recognition of National POW/MIA Day. (U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jared Bunn)

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P-S GAR begins POW/MIA Remembrance Week

The U.S. and the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flags fly above the Vosler Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 13, 2021. Previously, the POW/MIA flag was only displayed six days per year: Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, and Veterans Day. However, under the new POW/MIA Flag Act the flag is to be displayed whenever the American flag is displayed on prominent federal properties to include the U.S. Capitol and the White House ensuring both flags are displayed concurrently every day at federal locations. (U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jared Bunn)

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P-S GAR begins POW/MIA Remembrance Week

Published Sept. 14, 2021
By Staff Sgt. Jared Bunn
Peterson-Schriever Garrison Public Affairs

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — High Frontier Honor Guard Ceremonial Guardsman attach the American flag to the flag pole in preparation to raise it during the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Remembrance Week flag raising ceremony at Vosler Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 13, 2021. The Honor Guard’s area of responsibility consists of 93,000 square miles to include 37 counties in Colorado and nine counties in Western Kansas. (U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jared Bunn)