The annual Wreaths Across America Day ceremony was held Dec. 14, 2024, at the Fort Crook Post Cemetery on Offutt Air Force Base. Since 2018, due to the efforts of the Offutt Officers' Spouses' Club, the cemetery has held a ceremony for National Wreaths Across America Day.
Maj. Daniel Trapani, USSTRATCOM J3X employment specialist and UH-1N helicopter pilot, helps his daughter lay a wreath on a headstone at Offutt Air Force Base Cemetery, Dec. 14, 2024. The wreaths were laid in observance of Wreaths Across America Day, a nationwide event where thousands of wreaths are placed on the graves of military veterans and their families around the holidays each year.
Master Sgt. Mike Daspit, U.S. Air Force retired, lays a wreath on a headstone at Offutt Air Force Base Cemetery, Dec. 14, 2024. The wreaths were laid in observance of Wreaths Across America Day, a nationwide event where thousands of wreaths are placed on the graves of military veterans and their families around the holidays each year.
Col. Rachel Freestrom, 55th Communications Group commander, lays a wreath on a headstone at Offutt Air Force Base Cemetery, Dec. 14, 2024. The wreaths were laid in observance of Wreaths Across America Day, a nationwide event where thousands of wreaths are placed on the graves of military veterans and their families around the holidays each year.
Col. Aaron Gray, 55th Wing deputy commander, lays a wreath on a headstone at Offutt Air Force Base Cemetery, Dec. 14, 2024. The wreaths were laid in observance of Wreaths Across America Day, a nationwide event where thousands of wreaths are placed on the graves of military veterans and their families around the holidays each year.
Michelle Davidson, volunteer, lays a wreath on a headstone at Offutt Air Force Base Cemetery, Dec. 14, 2024. The wreaths were laid in observance of Wreaths Across America Day, a nationwide event where thousands of wreaths are placed on the graves of military veterans and their families around the holidays each year.
Col. Aaron Gray, 55th Wing deputy commander, adjusts a wreath at Offutt Air Force Base Cemetery, Dec. 14, 2024. The wreaths were laid in observance of Wreaths Across America Day, a nationwide event where thousands of wreaths are placed on the graves of military veterans and their families around the holidays each year.
Jessica Gray, wife of Col. Aaron Gray, 55th Wing deputy commander, adjusts a wreath stand at the Offutt Air Force Base Cemetery, Dec. 14, 2024. The wreaths were laid in observance of Wreaths Across America Day, a nationwide event where thousands of wreaths are placed on the graves of military veterans and their families around the holidays each year.
Wreaths lay on headstones at Offutt Air Force Base Cemetery, Dec. 14, 2024. The wreaths were laid in observance of Wreaths Across America Day, a nationwide event where thousands of wreaths are placed on the graves of military veterans and their families around the holidays each year.
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Wreaths lay on headstones at Offutt Air Force Base Cemetery, Dec. 14, 2024. The wreaths were laid in observance of Wreaths Across America Day, a nationwide event where thousands of wreaths are placed on the graves of military veterans and their families around the holidays each year.

