Ceremony to honor Soldiers and Airmen

WASHINGTON, DC (12/06/2013)(readMedia)-- The men, women and families of the D.C. National Guard will be honored during a ceremony at the D.C. National Guard Armory 9 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 8.

A presentation will be made to the family of Airman 1st Class Evan Curbeam, who had been chosen as D.C. National Guard Airman of the Year shortly before his sudden death last week. A presentation will also be made to the top graduates of the Capital Guardian Youth ChalleNGe Academy, the first class to graduate at the new facility in Oak Hill, Md.

Over 1,300 D.C. Army and Air Guardsmen have served in deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past ten years. The D.C. National Guard has continued to support domestic missions such as Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Irene, Hurricane Sandy, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Anniversary March and the largest Presidential Inauguration in the nation's history. Sunday's event is open to the public and the media is invited to attend.