Mark Andrew Forester – JAG 28 Born: 15 May 1981, Haleyville, AL Graduated: Haleyville High School, 1999 2-year Volunteer Missionary: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Oakland, CA 2000-2002 Graduated: University of Alabama, BS, Finance, 2006 USAF Combat
This is my favorite picture of Mark with our parents. He is genuinely happy, and I can see honor and pride in Mom and Dad’s faces. One reason I can see that is because I was there when it was
This was taken during some of Mark’s CCT training. When I see this picture, I think of ‘perseverance’ and ‘determination’. You can see the exhaustion in his face. And believe me, Mark’s wasn’t the only face like this in the
Below are the speeches that Mark’s good friend, and fellow CCT, gave at the funeral, and the memorial service at Pope AFB. They are well written and include both humor and sentiment. He delivered them from the heart and we
Below is a statement Congressman Robert Aderholt read to the House of Representatives on December 15, 2010. He spoke at the funeral and presented our parents with a flag that was flown at the Capitol in honor of Mark.
We met Rob at Pope AFB in October. He and Mark were in the same squadron, therefore they worked out together, and his cage was right next to Mark’s. He also carried Mark’s baton in the ‘Walk for the Fallen’
