Members of Team Fairchild begin the 5K Prisoner of War and Missing In Action ruck march at Miller Park on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, September 19, 2014. Participants took time from their day to ruck and pay tribute to those who were captured, missing or gave their lives while serving their country. Participants marched a three-mile course around the base to begin the observance of POW/MIA personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samantha Krolikowski)

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Participants weigh their ruck sacks before the Prisoner of War and Missing In Action 5K ruck march at Faichild Air Force Base, Washington, September 19, 2014. Adults were asked to carry at least 20 pounds in their ruck sack during the march. Participants marched a three-mile course around the base to begin the observance of POW/MIA personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samantha Krolikowski)

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Lt. Col. (Ret.) Richard “Dale” Storr, talks to Team Fairchild before the start of the Prisoner of War and Missing In Action 5k ruck march at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, September 19, 2014. Storr is a former prisoner of war who was captured during the Gulf War. Storr retired in June 2011, after 28 years of military service. Participants marched a three-mile course around the base to begin the observance of POW/MIA personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samantha Krolikowski)

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Members of Team Fairchild begin the Prisoner of War and Missing in Action 5K ruck march at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, September 19, 2014. The event was used as an opportunity to remember and pay tribute to POW/MIA personnel. Remembering those who have come before is a long-lasting tradition in the military. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samantha Krolikowski)

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POW/MIA ruck march pays tribute

Published Sept. 19, 2014
By Staff Sgt. Samantha Krolikowski
92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Members of Team Fairchild held a 5K Prisoner of War and Missing In Action ruck march in Miller Park here, Sept. 19, affording participants an opportunity to ruck and pay tribute to those who were captured, missing or gave their lives while serving their country.

The event was used as a way to remember and pay tribute to POW/MIA personnel. Remembering those who have come before is a long-lasting tradition in the military.