Sgt. Maj. David Merritt, the Operations and Planning Sergeant Major for the Illinois Army National Guard, is congratulated by a family member after Merritt’s retirement ceremony retirement ceremony at the Illinois Military Academy on Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois July 22. Merritt has 30-years of military service. He enlisted into the Army in August of 1992 as a private, serving five years as a petroleum supply specialist at Fort Hood, TX and Fort Lewis, WA. He then enlisted into the Illinois Army National Guard as a traditional Soldier in August of 1997. He will continue to reside in E


Sgt. Maj. David Merritt, the Operations and Planning Sergeant Major for the Illinois Army National Guard, is congratulated by a family member after Merritt’s retirement ceremony retirement ceremony at the Illinois Military Academy on Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois July 22. Merritt has 30-years of military service. He enlisted into the Army in August of 1992 as a private, serving five years as a petroleum supply specialist at Fort Hood, TX and Fort Lewis, WA. He then enlisted into the Illinois Army National Guard as a traditional Soldier in August of 1997. He will continue to reside in East Peoria after his retirement with his wife, Wendy and two sons, Gunner and Tavin.


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