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Headquarters, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
holds
call to duty ceremony at Franklin County Veterans Memorial
Photos by Staff Sgt. Peter Kresge, Ohio National Guard
The Ohio Army National Guard's Headquarters, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team call to duty ceremony took place Oct. 16, 2011, at the Franklin County Veterans Memorial in Columbus. The unit had been conducting pre-mobilization training at Camp Shelby, Miss., and is scheduled to complete the final stages of active-duty mobilization training in the upcoming months before deploying to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. |
Col. James Perry (at podium), commander of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, speaks to Soldiers of his headquarters during a call to duty ceremony in the auditorium at Veterans Memorial. |
Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general, gives her best wishes to Master Sgt. Romel Hanna.
Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general, gives her best wishes to Staff Sgt. John Miller and his daughter. |
More than 150 Soldiers of Headquarters, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team stand tall during their call to duty ceremony.
Soldiers of Headquarters, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team listen to Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general, during their call to duty ceremony. |
Maj. Brett Graham (back row, fifth from left) of Headquarters, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, stands with students of Mohawk High School, located in Sycamore, Ohio, after the
call to duty ceremony. Graham is a teacher at Mohawk and helped start Operation Buckeye Guard, a program where
more than 350 Ohio high school football teams are showing
their support for units of the 37th IBCT during the 2011 season by wearing helmet decals featuring the historic "Buckeye" Brigade patch and American flag. |
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Zachary Slate and his Family take a moment before the call to duty ceremony. |
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