Veterans Day Ceremony
With remarks by Chancellor Sheri Everts and Col. Bo Clayton ’88
Please join the Appalachian State University community for a Veterans Day ceremony at the Veterans Memorial located on the west side of the B.B. Dougherty Administration Building. Remarks will be provided by Chancellor Sheri Everts and Col. Bo Clayton ’88. A reception will follow in the administration building lobby. In case of adverse weather, the ceremony will be moved to the lobby.
In addition, you are invited to join the High Country Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America for additional Veterans Day recognition at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 at the Boone Mall.
About Col. Ralph L. (Bo) Clayton III
Col. Ralph L. (Bo) Clayton III
Colonel Ralph L. (Bo) Clayton III is the Commander, 733d Mission Support Group, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA. He leads 615 personnel in two squadrons and one division who provide wartime and peacetime mission support and quality of life for the 633d Air Base Wing, Headquarters United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, four United States Army brigades, Headquarters Joint Task Force Civil Support, and numerous other associate units and mission partners. Colonel Clayton provides deployment operations, construction, security, facility maintenance, supply and transportation for a base community totaling over 7,780 acres and hosting 23,000 active duty, Guard and Reserve, Department of Defense civilians, and retired personnel.
Colonel Clayton assumed his duties on June 28, 2016. He entered active duty in the US Army Field Artillery Corps in 1989. In 1999 he entered Special Operations as a Psychological Operations officer and has since supported or deployed in support of every major contingency operation.
Colonel Clayton received a bachelor of science in biology from Appalachian State University in 1988.
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