Washington — President Trump and first woman Melania Trump are collaborating in a solemn dignified switch procession at Dover Air Drive Base in Delaware on Wednesday to honor two members of the Iowa Nationwide Guard who had been killed in Syria over the weekend.
The 2 guardsmen killed within the Syrian desert Saturday had been Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, in line with the U.S. Military. They had been members of the first Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment. Ayad Mansoor Sakat, a U.S. civilian who was working as an interpreter, was additionally killed. The Pentagon stated an ISIS gunman ambushed the 2 guardsmen and the interpreter.
Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chief of Workers of the Military Basic Randy George are additionally scheduled to attend, as is Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Grassley’s workplace stated. The dignified switch was scheduled for 1:15 p.m. ET however is working delayed.
Iowa Nationwide Guard by way of AP
That is the primary dignified switch Mr. Trump has participated in since taking workplace in January, though he attended dignified switch occasions in his first time period.
The solemn dignified switch of stays at Dover Air Drive Base is supposed to honor those that have sacrificed their lives within the service of their nation. The stays of the fallen navy members are transferred from the plane to an awaiting car on the base. The stays are then transferred to the mortuary facility at Air Drive Mortuary Affairs Operations on the Dover Air Drive Base.
“The dignified switch just isn’t a ceremony; slightly, it’s a solemn motion of the switch case by a carry staff composed of navy personnel from the fallen member’s respective service,” Air Drive Mortuary Affairs Operations says. “A dignified switch is performed for each U.S. navy member who dies within the theater of operation whereas within the service of their nation.”
