Posted on Jun 13, 2015
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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Let's have some great picture memorabilia!

I'm really going out on a limb here with this one. There were some really great photos of RP Members in their very first uniform picture. Thanks for sharing everyone who participated - that is still going by the way!

Picture of my Dad (PFC Don Burroughs, Korean War Veteran)

Now let's get some pictures of the last days in uniform posted!
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MSgt Daniel Attilio
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Here is wife and I immediately following my retirement ceremony at AAS BN, Camp Pendleton CA, 1 June 2012.
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LCpl Steve Smith
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Groovy Top
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SSG Eddye Royal
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Great Picture!
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MAJ Peter Eldridge
MAJ Peter Eldridge
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Over achiever! Got a fine lady top! Know she was your strong right arm in your career. God bless your future goals!
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PO1 Lyndon Thomas
PO1 Lyndon Thomas
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Awesome Pic Top! Thank you both for your service!
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LTC Stephen F.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs I am posting three pictures. The first two are from my demobilization ceremony in the Pentagon in May 2004 with my wife after the award and with my friend COL Bruce Reilly presenting the award citation. After that point I went into a position as a drilling IMA until I transferred to the retired reserve.
In February 2008 I traveled to Fort Benning GA, to see my oldest adopted son get accepted into 3/75 Ranger Battalion. the third picture is me slapping is velcro 3/75 scroll onto his left shoulder.
I transitioned into the retired reserve with no notice of fanfare on June 1 2008. At that time I had diverticulitis and post herpetic neuralgia but didn't know it.:-)
LTC Stephen C. SGT (Join to see) SGT Randal Groover SGT Forrest Stewart SPC (Join to see) SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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LTC Stephen F. Thanks for sharing - great photos!
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Cpl Gabriel F.
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Thank you for your service to our country.
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SSG Eddye Royal
SSG Eddye Royal
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LTC Stephen Ford, thank you for sharing great photos.
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LTC Stephen F.
LTC Stephen F.
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SSG Eddye Royal - you are very welcome, my friend.
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SGM Mikel Dawson
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As I never had a retirement, this is the last time I was ever in Dress Blues. Graduation at the SGM Academy. I am standing with CSM Harris, who at that time was the 7th ARCOM CSM.
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SP5 Robert Ruck
SP5 Robert Ruck
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Very sharp!
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Cpl Gabriel F.
Cpl Gabriel F.
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Thank you for your service to our country.
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SSG Eddye Royal
SSG Eddye Royal
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SGM Mikel Dawson Great Picture, thanks for sharing and to our country.
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PO1 Lyndon Thomas
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Making the uniform and the Army look great!
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Do you have your LAST photograph in Uniform? Retirement or End of Service?
LTC Stephen C.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs, I had this taken at Millington NSA, TN, in SEP96 while assigned to the National Communications System (DOD). It was my last "official" photo portrait prior to retirement in MAY98.
I'm afraid I did not get the retirement send off that you received though! People just shook hands, said good bye and I got on a plane and flew back from Arlington, VA. About a year later I received the Defense MSM in the mail with a sticky note saying "Sorry this took so long."
CPT (Join to see) & SGM Erik Marquez, here's the way my final duty assignment played out.

SFC Dr. Joseph Finck, BS, MA, DSS and SGM Mikel Dawson, check out my comments about a retirement ceremony/send off!

CPT(P) Ashley Carson, here's a photo of me before I went to hell in a hand basket!
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I just they didn't really know you were going to retire. A year later.... That seems a bit long to me.
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SSG Eddye Royal
SSG Eddye Royal
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LTC Stephen Curlee Great Picture, thanks for sharing and to our country.
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LTC Stephen C.
LTC Stephen C.
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SSG Eddye Royal, thank you very much, and I thank you for your service as well.
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LTC Stephen C.
LTC Stephen C.
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Just saw this CPT (Join to see). They knew I was going to retire. They told me to retire!
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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
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This is my last active duty salute, given during my retirement ceremony, to a flag I carried home from Afghanistan. Prior to this, the flag was carried by my cousin on an F-18 mission over Afghanistan, from the USS George Washington in the summer of 2002 while I served on the ground, attached to the 455th AEG (A-10 Unit) at Bagram Air Field. Years later, it returned to Afghanistan with me, and it was the last US flag to fly over Camp Estelle, Shindand AB, on the day the 838th AEAG (Air Advisory Unit) was moved to another location (two days before I redeployed in Feb 2014). Shortly after my return, I had the flag flown over the 9/11 Memorials of the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. It now sits proudly in my Shadow Box.
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Cpl Gabriel F.
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Thank you for your service to our country.
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Sean Burke
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I was at Shindand in 2012! Good memories with the 838th AEAG.
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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
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Did you know Lt Col Estelle and/or the 9 Advisors killed in Kabul? There’s a memorial for them at McGuire AFB’s Air Advisor Academy.
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SSG Eddye Royal
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Maj Kevin “Mac” McLaughlin Great Picture, thanks for sharing and to our country.
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SFC Dr. Joseph Finck, BS, MA, DSS
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs My Last DA photograph. I was not offered nor did I receive a retirement ceremony. This picture was taken in January and I retired in May.
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SFC Dr. Joseph Finck, BS, MA, DSS
SFC Dr. Joseph Finck, BS, MA, DSS
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SGM Mikel Dawson SGM, Damn strait. Rally Point is a great forum to allow me to feel like I am still part of our brotherhood and sisterhood.
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Cpl Gabriel F.
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Thank you for your service to our country.
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SFC Larry Jones
SFC Larry Jones
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SFC Joseph Finck, if you were still in USAREC, I know the feeling. I know what you gave. I honor you for your service to our great nation.
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SSG Eddye Royal
SSG Eddye Royal
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Great Picture, thanks for sharing and to our country.
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MSG Wally Carmichael
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Retirement Ceremony - Pacific Regional Medical Command, HI
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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MSG Wally Carmichael Another great photo - thanks
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Cpl Gabriel F.
Cpl Gabriel F.
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Thank you for your service to our country.
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SSG Eddye Royal
SSG Eddye Royal
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MSG Wally Carmichael Great Picture, thanks for sharing and to our country.
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SFC William Swartz Jr
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From my retirement ceremony at Ft. Benning, June 2013.
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Sam Carter
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That hat...does it mean you were in the cavalry division / batallion?
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Cpl Gabriel F.
Cpl Gabriel F.
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Thank you for your service to our country.
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SFC William Swartz Jr
SFC William Swartz Jr
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Sam Carter - I was in Cav units at various times during my career including my last unit when I retired, I was a Senior Instructor in the 316th Cavalry BDE, training new Armor officers.
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SSG Eddye Royal
SSG Eddye Royal
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Great Picture, thanks for sharing and to our country. One units 1st CAV, 3-82 FA.
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MAJ Matthew Arnold
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This picture was taken at my son's commissioning ceremony in 2014, 12 years after retirement (2002). The little whippersnapper has more ribbons than I do! (Peacetime army.)
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SSG Warren Swan
SSG Warren Swan
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Awesome! I wish I had a pic of me and my ol man in uniform together
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SSG William Egan
SSG William Egan
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WHAT A WONDERFUL PICTURE AND EXPERIENCE.
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Cpl Gabriel F.
Cpl Gabriel F.
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Thank you for your service to our country.
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SSG Eddye Royal
SSG Eddye Royal
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Great Picture, thanks for sharing and to our country.
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COL Jon Thompson
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Final uniform
Taken at my 30th reunion and after the Wheaton College class of 2015 commissioning ceremony on May 10, 205. This was the last time I put on the uniform before transferring to the retired reserve.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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Great photo thank for sharing COL Jon Thompson
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Cpl Gabriel F.
Cpl Gabriel F.
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Thank you for your service to our country.
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SSG Eddye Royal
SSG Eddye Royal
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Great Picture, thanks for sharing and to our country.
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