Jared D. Howard

Santa Fe National Cemetery Director Jared D. Howard Named Director of Fort Rosecrans, Miramar National Cemeteries 

Jared D. Howard, former director of Santa Fe National Cemetery, has been named director of the Fort Rosecrans and Miramar National Cemeteries, effective Sept. 29, 2019.  He will be responsible for all burial, maintenance, and administrative operations at both facilities.

Howard served as director of the Santa Fe cemetery from August 2017, and as the assistant director of that facility from August 2016.  He also oversaw all operations at Fort Bayard National Cemetery in Silver City, N.M.

Howard is a graduate of the National Cemetery Administration’s yearlong Cemetery Director Intern Program.  He joined NCA in November 2010 as a cemetery caretaker at the [Continue Reading]

Foundation Kicks Off 2019 Virtual Gala to benefit Miramar National Cemetery

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(July 1, 2019)  With the success of fund drives for the
unique Avenue of Flags, the Veterans Tribute Tower & Carillon, and other
projects, the Miramar National Cemetery Support Foundation is dedicating its
2019 Virtual Gala – launched July 1 –
toward donations for construction of a large amphitheater at Miramar National
Cemetery.

The amphitheater,
planned for the Flag Circle – the focal point of the cemetery – will include
permanent seating for audiences attending the Veterans Memorial Service,
Veterans’ Day ceremony, Wreaths Across America, and other events.

“The amphitheater
will be the largest, and most costly, undertaking the Foundation has made to
enhance the cemetery,” says Sallay Kim, Foundation Vice-President and chair of
the fourth annual [Continue Reading]

Miramar Memorial Service Marks 75th Anniversary of D-Day, Pacific Battles

‘Determination, fighting spirit of American soldiers’

Corporal James Dawson plays “Taps” at the conclusion of the Veterans Memorial Service, May 26, at Miramar National Cemetery.

(May 26, 2019) With the 75th Anniversary of the World War II invasion of Normandy to be observed in June, the Veterans Memorial Service at Miramar National Cemetery was dedicated to remembrance of D-Day veterans, as well as to veterans of battles fought during June 1944 in the Pacific.

On June 6, 1944, said Sallay Kim, Vice-President of the Miramar National Cemetery Support Foundation, which sponsors the annual service, 132,000 Allied soldiers landed on the beaches of Northern France. It was the largest invasion in [Continue Reading]

VETERANS MEMORIAL SERVICE SET FOR 1 P.M., MAY 26

MIRAMAR NATIONAL CEMETERY

MCAS Commander, VA Executive, San Diego Veteran of the Year

Are Featured Speakers

Colonel Charles B. Dockery, USMC
Commanding Officer
Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar

Colonel Charles B. Dockery, Commanding Officer of Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, will be the featured speaker at the Veterans Memorial Service scheduled at 1 p.m., Sunday, May 26, at Miramar National Cemetery.

Joining Dockery on the podium will be Brian Alvin, Chief of Operations, Pacific District, National Cemetery Administration; and the San Diego County Veteran of the Year, Master Sergeant Matthew Foster, USMC Retired.

The Miramar National Cemetery Support Foundation will sponsor the eighth annual Veterans Memorial Service. The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band will perform. Singing [Continue Reading]

Miramar National Cemetery Veterans Memorial Service

1 p.m., Sunday, 26 May 2019

Veterans, Active-Duty Military, Public Invited

Honored Guest: Brian Alvin [Continue Reading]

Foundation Honors Veterans at Wreaths Across America Event

Foundation Vice President Charlie Inot, who served in Special Forces, lays a wreath at the monument honoring the U.S. Army Special Forces Regiment.

Miramar National Cemetery
Support Foundation Vice President Charlie Inot and Secretary Sallay Kim
participated in the Wreaths Across America event, Dec. 15, to honor veterans
buried at Miramar National Cemetery.

Inot and Kim, both Army
veterans, paid tribute to Army Sgt. Charles Schroeter, who was awarded the
Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Indian Wars in 1869.  Sgt. Schroeter’s remains are buried in
Section 3, grave 1052.

Inot, a Vietnam veteran who
served in Special Forces, also laid a wreath at the monument honoring the Special
Forces Regiment.  Kim, a former Army
Jumpmaster, and her husband, Tae, a former Army Paratrooper, [Continue Reading]

Veterans Day Service Honors Sacrifices
of Those Who Fought in World War I

Miramar National Cemetery Holds Remains of Two WWI Veterans

Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Cardenas, 98, described his experiences as a World War II POW to an audience attending a Veterans Day service at Miramar National Cemetery. (See Cardenas Biography)

(Nov. 11, 2018) A bright orange sun was setting above Miramar National Cemetery as an audience of some 150 veterans, active duty military and family members gathered to honor those who fought and died in World War I. Dozens of others walked among the cemetery’s 16,000 headstones, placing flags or flowers on the graves of loved ones.

Dennis Schoville, chairman of the Support Foundation, described [Continue Reading]