The weekend of Armed Forces Day in Torrance will wrap up with military exhibits at the Del Amo Fashion Center.
Thousands of people attended the City of Torrance ’s 62nd annual Armed Forces Day Parade on Saturday. For this year’s parade, the U.S. Space Force was selected as the honored military branch."This is all about connection with the community," said U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant. "A chance to give back to the City of Torrance . phenomenal supporters of our military, all of the services."Garrant served as the parade’s Grand Marshal.
"Now retired astronaut, and current Space Force Colonel Michael Hopkins, was also in attendance. In 2020, Hopkins launched to the International Space Station as Commander of Crew-1 Space-X Dragon Resilience."The Space Force in itself is pretty special just because it’s so new," said Hopkins. "We haven’t been in existence for that long.
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