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The City of Huntingdon hosted its 18th Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at Thomas Park on East Main Street in Huntingdon at 10 a.m., Monday, May 31.
Huntingdon native Major General Tommy H. Baker, the commissioner of Tennessee Department of Veteran Services and deputy adjutant general for Tennessee National Guard, was the featured speaker.
Major General Tommy H. Baker serves in Governor Bill Lee’s cabinet as commissioner for the Department of Veterans Services, effective immediately.
Baker formerly served as interim commissioner for the department. He remains the Deputy Adjutant General of the Tennessee National Guard, responsible for the training and supervision of over 13,000 Soldiers and Airmen.
He enlisted in the Tennessee Army National Guard in 1980 as a 19 Delta Calvary Scout in Troop B, 230th Cavalry in Huntingdon and was commissioned in 1985 from the Tennessee Military Academy.
He deployed to Kuwait in 2004 as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom III and again in 2008 as the commander of the 30th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion. His awards include the Bronze Star, the Meritious Service Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Combat Action Badge.