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Honoring Army MSG Marcia J. Triggs

AFN Bavaria

May 6, 2022 | 23:09

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Marcia Jeanne Triggs was one of the top Non-Commissioned Officers in the Public Affairs field. This video is a compilation of tributes from family, friends and colleagues sharing their thoughts to mark American Forces Network Bavaria (Germany) changing its station name to "The Master Sergeant Marcia J. Triggs Broadcast Center."

Marcia graduated from O’Fallon Technical High School in 1990. She then earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism (Mass Communications) from Southeast Missouri State University in 1995.

On May 15, 1995, Marcia joined the U.S. Army, and she remained on active duty until she passed away. She worked for the Army as a military print journalist and a public affairs specialist with assignments that included the US Army Combined Arms Center in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas from 1995 to 1998, and the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii until 2001. Her following assignment was as a news correspondent for Army News Service at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. She also worked with the Office of the Chief of Army Public Affairs (OCPA) at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 and she spent a year on the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee helping publicize the military’s involvement in the 55th Presidential Inauguration.

In 2005, Marcia traveled to Vilseck, Germany, where she had a great impact on her Soldiers and community as the Station Manager for American Forces Network-Bavaria.

Marcia deployed to Iraq twice with the 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia. She was the Noncommissioned Officer in Charge for the OCPA regional office in Chicago, Illinois, which develops public Army support, community outreach and media engagements across 16 states in the Midwest.

In April 2011, Marcia represented the U.S. Army at a Chicago White Sox baseball game where she was recognized for her service in Iraq. She was highlighted as “The Hero of the Game,” and that her focus “is to involve U.S. Soldiers in the community so civilians can meet the quiet Heroes who protect our Nation’s Freedom.” Marcia’s greatest impacts are the leadership, pride, and professionalism she imprinted upon those who knew her, as well as the importance of treating others well while living a life of positivity.

Marcia passed away on Friday, May 6, 2011. Eleven years later, on May 6, 2022, American Forces Network Bavaria honored her legacy by naming the station "The Master Sergeant Marcia J. Triggs Broadcast Center."

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