Hometown News: Staff Sgt. Marcus Watkins
Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Marcus L. Watkins participated in the 56th Presidential Inauguration Jan. 20 as part of the largest ever contingent of National Guard members to serve in Washington, D.C.
More than 7,000 Army and Air National Guard members from 31 states and territories provided the 2009 Presidential Inauguration with military working dogs, consequence management planning, and ceremonial, logistics, and medical support through the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee. National Guard members also assisted local authorities with crowd management, traffic control, and emergency services operations.
The Armed Forces Inaugural Committee is established every four years by the Secretary of Defense as a joint service organization to coordinate military ceremonial participation and support inaugural events.
Watkins, a military police squad leader, is a member of the 442nd Military Police Company based in Jamaica, N.Y.
He is the son of Jennell L. Watkins of Pollard St., Fort Deposit.
The guardsman graduated in 1990 from James I. O'Neill High School, Highland Falls, N.Y., and received an associate degree in the year 2000 from Trenholm State Technical College, Montgomery.
More than 7,000 Army and Air National Guard members from 31 states and territories provided the 2009 Presidential Inauguration with military working dogs, consequence management planning, and ceremonial, logistics, and medical support through the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee. National Guard members also assisted local authorities with crowd management, traffic control, and emergency services operations.
The Armed Forces Inaugural Committee is established every four years by the Secretary of Defense as a joint service organization to coordinate military ceremonial participation and support inaugural events.
Watkins, a military police squad leader, is a member of the 442nd Military Police Company based in Jamaica, N.Y.
He is the son of Jennell L. Watkins of Pollard St., Fort Deposit.
The guardsman graduated in 1990 from James I. O'Neill High School, Highland Falls, N.Y., and received an associate degree in the year 2000 from Trenholm State Technical College, Montgomery.
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