Members of the 39th Air Base Wing Honor Guard and Col. Chad Butts, 39th Air Base Wing vice commander, present a wreath in honor of the 73rd anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's death during the Ataturk Memorial Day Ceremony Nov. 10, 2011, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Ataturk was the founder and first president of modern Turkey. Every year on the day and time that he died, all of Turkey pauses for a moment of silence to honor him. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Clayton Lenhardt/Released)
Col. Chad Butts, left, 39th Air Base Wing vice commander, and Col. B. Ercan Van, Chief of Operations, 10th Tanker Base Command, salute a monument of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk during the Ataturk Memorial Day Ceremony Nov. 10, 2011, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Ataturk was the founder and first president of modern Turkey. Every year on the day and time that he died, all of Turkey pauses for a moment of silence to honor him. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Clayton Lenhardt/Released)
Members of the 10th Tanker Base Command stand at parade rest during the Ataturk Memorial Day Ceremony Nov. 10, 2011, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was the founder and first president of modern Turkey. Every year on the day and time that he died, all of Turkey pauses for a moment of silence to honor him. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Clayton Lenhardt/Released)
Col. B. Ercan Van, Chief of Operations, 10th Tanker Base Command, and Col. Chad Butts, 39th Air Base Wing vice commander, salute a monument of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk during the Ataturk Memorial Day Ceremony Nov. 10, 2011, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Ataturk was the founder and first president of modern Turkey. Every year on the day and time that he died, all of Turkey pauses for a moment of silence to honor him. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Clayton Lenhardt/Released)