Col. Lenny Williams, Illinois Army National Guard Chief of Staff; Sgt. Maj. David Merritt, ILARNG Operations and Planning Sergeant Major; Lt. Col. Jason Henderson, ILARNG State Aviation Officer; and Col. Steve Foster, ILARNG Chaplain, stand at attention during Merritt’s retirement ceremony at the Illinois Military Academy on Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois July 22.

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