Michael and Vanessa Howard, parents of deceased U.S. Army Spc. Michael Howard II, take a photo with their son’s portrait during the Gold Star Mother’s Day ceremony at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Sept. 30, 2018. Howard II served five years in the Army, deployed to Kosovo and Iraq, and was preparing for another deployment when he was killed in a motorcycle accident in Columbus, Georgia in November 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)