Browning Dedication

June 2, 2008

 

 

A joint color guard made up of Arizona Army National Guard and Department of Corrections members, post the Colors during a ceremony, June 2, renaming Special Management Unit II in Florence, Ariz. SMUII was renamed in honor of Arizona Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Charles Browning, killed June1, 2007 while serving in Afghanistan with the 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment. Browning was a correctional officer for the Arizona Department of Corrections for four years, working primarily at SMU II. (Photo by Army Spc. Monette Wesolek, Arizona National Guard Public Affairs)

Mrs. Lisa Browning receives a token of appreciation and remembrance from the Department of Corrections June 2, honoring her husband, Arizona Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Charles Browning who was killed in Afghanistan, June 1, 2007. DoC employees, military members, friends and family members gathered at the Florence Prison June 2, for the ceremony dedicating Special Management Unit II to Browning. (Photo by Army Spc. Monette Wesolek, Arizona National Guard Public Affairs)

Trilby Browning, mother of Arizona Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Charles Browning who was killed June 1, 2007 while serving in Afghanistan with the 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, hugs Department of Corrections Sgt. Michael Fettkether. Fettkether, who served with Browning in Afghanistan and at DoC, spoke briefly about Browning, a former correctional officer for the Arizona Department of Corrections. Browning worked primarily in the Special Management Unit II, in Florence, Ariz. (Photo by Army Spc. Monette Wesolek, Arizona National Guard Public Affairs)