93-Year-Old Veteran Honors Granddaughter at Army National Guard Officer Graduation

U.S. Army soldiers of the Michigan National Guard and family members meet for a five-kilometer run during the annual Warrant Officer Wednesday in Camp Grayling, Mich.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — It’s been at least six years since the last woman graduated from the Michigan Army National Guard’s Officer Candidate School. That was one motivating factor for 2nd Lt. Samantha Swiatek. The other, she said, was that her grandfather, Harold Yarrington, would be there to salute her after graduation. Swiatek graduated Officer […]