A King County man who stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day will be honored Saturday during a Flag Day celebration at the Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

Huston Riley is the man in this iconic photo, according to a county press release. Avter the war, he raised his family and started a sporting-goods business. He’s active with the veteran community on Mercer Island.

"When we honor the flag we are honoring those men and women who have served under it." King County Councilman Pete von Reichbauer said. "Mr. Riley is a great American hero who will forever be a symbol in the pages of our country’s history. This is an opportunity to thank a man who truly exemplifies freedom and perseverance."

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Seattle could add veterans to a list of protected classes in its anti-discrimination laws, seattlepi.com reports.

Here's the bottom line:

State and federal law already prohibits discrimination against veterans in areas such as employment and housing. The proposed ordinance would give veterans an option within local government for filing a complaint, and possibly a more convenient route if they've been denied a job or housing in Seattle due to their military status.

About 75 soldiers from the 42nd Military Police Brigade’s headquarters company returns to Fort Lewis tomorrow after a 15-month deployment to Iraq.

The soldiers "provided for the care, custody, and reconciliation of Iraqi detainees at the theater internment facility at Camp Bucca," according to a press release.

The unit took command of Task Force Bucca and initially had responsibility for care and custody of 22,000 detainees. That number was down to about 6,000 earlier this month, and the remaining prisoners and custody are scheduled to be transferred to the Iraqi government by the end of the year.

The brigade also ran the Theater Internment Facility Reconciliation Center, which provided detainees with vocational and agricultural training, access to religious support and access to social support programs. It also ran the Iraqi Correctional Officer Training Academy, which graduated more than 900 people, and the Detainee Family Visitation Program, which helped streamline visitations by family members of those in custody.

A $1.1 million simulator to train Fort Lewis soldiers on the Mobile Gun System is up and running at the Battle Command Training Center.

My Olympian colleague, Christian Hill, was there yesterday and filed this report. Check it out.

Fort Lewis' Lt. Gen. Charles Jacoby sat down for an interview with Stephen Colbert on last night's episode. Among the

Among the things the men discussed:

Who does more work: Jacoby or his boss, Gen. Ray Odierno?
Which of the 130,000 soldiers deployed to Iraq is Jacoby’s favorite?
Is Afghanistan near Paraguay?
Did the surge work because of its cool name?
Will the lessons in Iraq help with the coming war with Iran?

Check out the episode here.