Secret Service detail for President George H. W. Bush, code name ‘Timberwolf,’ officially ends after 40 years
- Security detail officially ended at 6 a.m. Friday
- Agents served as honorary pallbearers during some of this week’s events
- Bush Protective Division said: ‘You will be missed by all of us’
The U.S. Secret Service has ended its detail for George H.W. Bush after nearly 40 years of protecting the former president, who was known by the code name ‘Timberwolf.’
The agency says its security detail officially ended at 6 a.m. Friday ‘with no incidents to report’ following Bush’s burial Thursday at his presidential library at Texas A&M University.
In its final notification, the Bush Protective Division said: ‘You will be missed by all of us.’
Bush’s security detail officially ended at 6 a.m. Friday following Bush’s burial Thursday at his presidential library at Texas A&M University.
Members of the U.S. Secret Service carry the casket with former President George H. W. Bush to a hearse at George H. Lewis Funeral Home after a family service, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Houston
In its final notification, shared by the Secret Service on Twitter, the Bush Protective Division said: ‘You will be missed by all of us.’
On Twitter, the agency shared photos of when Bush shaved his head to support an agent’s 2-year-old son who had leukemia. This July 24, 2013, shows the former president with Patrick (last name withheld at family’s request), 2, in Kennebunkport, Maine
Agents served as honorary pallbearers during some of this week’s events honoring the 41st president.
On Twitter, the agency shared photos of when Bush shaved his head to support an agent’s 2-year-old son who had leukemia.
Bush was buried next to his wife, Barbara, and their daughter Robin, who died of leukemia at age 3.
Bush died Nov. 30 at age 94.