Here's how you know
 **Official websites use .mil** .mil
 **Secure .mil websites use HTTPS** lock () https://


Skip to main content (Press Enter).
 Toggle navigation
            
            
            
            
            National Guard
                        Always Ready Always There
                    National Guard
            
            Search National Guard:
                        Search
                    Search
                        Search National Guard:
                            Search
    Home

    News
    
        Guard News

    Overseas Operations

    State Partnership Program

    News Features

    RSS Feeds

    Press Releases

    Transcripts

    Features
    
        Features by Year

    Posture Statement

    State Partnership Program

    Special Features

    About the Guard
    
        How We Began

    Air National Guard

    Army National Guard    
    
        DEERS Soldier Journey

    Leader Development Program

    History and Heritage

    I am the Guard

    NGB Official March

    Leadership
    
        CNGB

    VCNGB

    SEA

    DANG

    DARNG

    Joint Staff    
    
        J-1

    J-2

    J-3

    J-4

    J-5

    J-6

    J-7

    J-8

    Personal Staff    
    
        Inspector General

    General Counsel

    Public Affairs

    Executive Support Services

    Legislative Liaison

    Special Staff    
    
        National Guard Office of Special Victims' Counsel

    Office of the Provost Marshal

    Office of the Joint Surgeon

    Director of Acquisitions

    Small Business Programs

    Chaplain

    Senior Leader Management Office

    Diversity Equity Inclusion

    Comptroller

    Resources    
        National Defense Strategy Implementation Guidance

    Community Engagement

    FOIA

    Fact Sheets

    Helpful Links

    Image Gallery
    
        News Images

    Graphics

    Historical Paintings

    Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    Legislative Liaison

    Small Business Programs

    Social Media

    State Websites

    Videos    
    
        Featured Videos

    On Every Front

    2019 Videos

    2020 Videos

    2021 Videos

    Suicide Prevention

    Family Programs

    Environmental

    Trial Defense Service

    Holistic Wellness Challenge

    Contact Us  Home
  News
  Article View
 
 Download
 Details
 Share
 NEWS
 Arizona Guard member works to memorialize fallen Soldier By Sgt. Crystal Reidy
                Arizona National Guard
 TUCSON, Ariz. - When an Arizona Army National Guard member read a news article last week about the death of a fellow Soldier and Tucsonan in Afghanistan, he knew he wanted to honor his fellow brother-in-arms. Staff Sgt. Marcos Moreno of the 1/215th Regional Training Institute, said he wants Command Sgt. Maj. Martin Barreras to be remembered every day, not just on Memorial Day. He is campaigning to rename Sunnyside Park in Tucson as Command Sgt. Maj. Martin Barreras Park. "We hear of a fallen Soldier and we mourn them today, maybe tomorrow, but then the news is back to, "What did Britney Spears do today?" Moreno said. He read the article a second time and felt a connection between Barreras, a 1983 graduate of Sunnyside High School in Tucson, and his own three children who attended the same school. "I just thought renaming the park next to his old high school would be the perfect way to honor this great hero," Moreno said. Moreno applied his community outreach skills - expertise he acquired as a drug demand reduction specialist in the Guard - and planned a campaign. He started with a Facebook page to inform community members about his goal to rename the park. "Within a week, I had 600 followers and over 7,000 impressions. Positive messages of support just started flowing in to the site," Moreno said. He filed the name change paperwork with the city and the next step is to collect signatures from Tucson residents. "I think I can get the 150 signatures in one day from the neighborhood nearby," said Moreno. People visiting the park are already behind the campaign. "I think it is a wonderful idea to honor a hometown hero with renaming the park after him," Edward Negrete, a frequent park visitor, said. "I am a veteran and was spit on when I came home after Vietnam, so it means a lot to me that fallen Soldiers are not forgotten." Negrete said although the park is small, it is visited by many people of all ages. Moreno said that beyond honoring Barreras, the park will remind kids they can achieve great things. "Kids already think Soldiers are super heroes. When they read about Barreras being a Ranger and accomplishing all he did, they will see that they too can grow up in Tucson and then go travel the world and be a hero," he said.
 SHARE
 PRINT
 Facebook page honors fallen Soldier
 
 Pennsylvania Army Guardsmen Complete Combat Lifesaver Course
 By Sgt. 1st Class Shane Smith,
  38th Infantry Division Soldiers Conduct Warfighter Exercise
 By Master Sgt. Jeff Lowry,
  Puerto Rico Air National Guard Trains at Red Flag-Alaska
 By 156th Wing
  More
 Pennsylvania Army Guardsmen Complete Combat Lifesaver Course Guard News • 3 hours ago
 38th Infantry Division Soldiers Conduct Warfighter Exercise Guard News • 11 hours ago
 Puerto Rico Air National Guard Trains at Red Flag-Alaska Guard News • 11 hours ago
 Air National Guard Conducts Sentry Savannah Exercise Guard News • yesterday
 Hawaii Air National Guard Hosts Sentry Aloha Joint Exercise Guard News • yesterday
 2024 (196)  2023 (427)  2022 (526)  2021 (697)  2020 (936)  2019 (387)  2018 (323)  2017 (346)  2016 (245)  2015 (356)  2014 (399)  2013 (469)  2012 (556)  2011 (533)  2010 (1071)  2009 (357)  2008 (638)  2007 (295)  2006 (188)
 Home
 Site Map
 Privacy & Security Policy
 Link Disclaimer
 Web Policy
 DOD Information Quality
 DOD Open GovernmentFOIA
 No FEAR Act
 Accessibility/Section 508
 Contact Us
 Army Guard Careers
 Air Guard Careers
 USA.gov
                    
Staying Connected
    XYouTubeFlickrFacebookInstagram
                 
                
                

Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil