On February 12, 2010, retired MPD Sergeant Robert Heinle passed away unexpectedly due to complications from being shot in the line of duty on October 21, 1998.
The Big Sky Honor Flight is scheduled to take 86 Montana veterans of World War II and their companions to see the memorial constructed in their honor on October 13 and October 14. However, because federal employees are in charge of maintaining the memorial, there is uncertainty over whether or not the soldiers will be granted access because of the government shutdown.