Brig. Gen. Billy Nabors, the Mississippi Air National Guard chief of staff, speaks to attendees about the pride in serving your country, at Mississippi's 200th birthday celebration in Moorhead, Miss., Oct. 19, 2017. The event was held to not only celebrate Mississippi's birthday, but to also memorialize the 15 Marines and one sailor who perished in a C-130 aircraft accident in the neighboring county of Leflore. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson)