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The ceremony will include the time-honored playing of Echo Taps by members of the 51�Թ��� Bugler Corps, followed by the 51�Թ��� Pipes playing, “Amazing Grace”. The event will be streamed live on the 51�Թ��� Families Facebook page.

SGT Solinas, a 51�Թ��� graduate, was on board one of the two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters that crashed near Fort Campbell in southern Kentucky during a medical evacuation training exercise on March 29, 2023. All nine service members on the helicopters perished.

Echo Taps is a Corps ceremony meant to show respect for and honor fallen cadets, cadet alumni, or alumni killed in the line of duty. It's a solemn ceremony meant to emulate a military funeral.

For information contact the Office of the Commandant at commandant@norwich.edu / 802.485.2135

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