LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va.-- Staff Sgt. Diana Sturdivant, Air Combat Command Formal Training noncommissioned officer in charge, lights a candle honoring fallen Air Force Service members, during an early Veterans Day celebration hosted by the Niners Senior Citizens of Chesapeake Nov. 5. Military members from each branch of service lit candles to honor their branch’s fallen, and exchanged roses with veterans during the ceremony to honor past, present and fallen military members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christina M. Styer)

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. – Chesapeake residents and veterans stand during the playing of their branch of service’s song, during an early Veterans Day celebration hosted by the Niners Senior Citizens of Chesapeake Nov. 5. Military members from each branch of service lit candles to honor their branch’s fallen, and exchanged roses with veterans during the ceremony to honor past, present and fallen military members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christina M. Styer)

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. – Vivian Hodges, Niners Senior Citizens of Chesapeake, participates in a candlelight vigil honoring our nation’s fallen Service members during an early Veterans Day celebration, hosted by the Niners Senior Citizens of Chesapeake Nov. 5. Military members from each branch of service lit candles to honor their branch’s fallen, and exchanged roses with veterans during the ceremony to honor past, present and fallen military members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christina M. Styer)