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Memorial vandalized with pink spray paint at MacDill Air Force Base: SOCOM

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Published  February 8, 2025 6:11pm EST
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The Brief

    • A MacDill Air Force Base memorial was vandalized with pink spray paint sometime on Tuesday evening, according to a SOCOM spokesperson.
    • Damages to the memorial could cost around $10,000, and restoration efforts have already started.
    • The base's security forces are looking into the incident.

TAMPA - A memorial for fallen special operations service members at the MacDill Air Force Base was vandalized with pink spray paint sometime on Tuesday evening, according to Col. Allie Weiskopf, a SOCOM spokesperson.

Weiskopf says the dog statue was covered in pink spray paint, an X was spray-painted on the pavers of the memorial and pink confetti and paper was found spread out throughout the memorial.

Photo of the memorial before it was vandalized. The photo is courtesy of the Special Operations Memorial Foundation.

To see the memorial, Weiskopf says a person would've had to have approved base access.

The wall of fallen special operations service members' names was not vandalized.

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What's next:

Damages to the memorial could cost around $10,000, and restoration efforts have already started.

The base's security forces are looking into the incident.

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The Source: Information for this story was provided by a SOCOM spokesperson.

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