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D-Backs go Purple for amazing military kids

by Aerotech News • May 9, 2024 6:08 pm - Updated May 8, 2024 6:24 pm

Lance Dare, Wayland Baptist University site coordinator, interacts with a local family during a Purple Up Arizona Diamondbacks game, April 12, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks hosted a Purple Up night to celebrate Month of the Military Child. Month of the Military Child helps bring awareness to the various challenges that military children can face. (U.S. Air Force photos by Senior Airman Jakob Hambright)

U.S. Air Force Col. Peter Abercrombie, 56th Mission Support Group commander, presents a U.S. flag to Luis Gonzalez, Arizona Diamondbacks special assistant to the president, during a Diamondbacks game, April 12, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona. The flag presented to Gonzalez was flown in various Arizona-based military aircraft, such as an F-35 Lightning II, UH-60 Black Hawk, A-10 Thunderbolt II, and KC-135 Stratotanker.

U.S. Air Force honor guardsmen assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing present the colors during a Purple Up Arizona Diamondbacks game, April 12, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Volunteers from the 56th Fighter Wing and Wayland Baptist University present a booth during a Purple Up Arizona Diamondbacks game, April 12, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Tags: D-Backs, military kids, Purple

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