Ohio National Guard News

Ohio Army National Guard's Police Advisor Team 1 returns

Photos by Sgt. Daniel Eddy, ONG


Soldiers of Ohio Army National Guard's Police Advisor Team 1 are welcomed home on June 14, 2013, at Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, after being deployed for a year to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. For the PAT 1 mission, a joint Ohio National Guard-Hungarian Defense Forces training team mentored the Afghan Border Police and the Afghan National Civil Order Police for the execution of security operations in the Regional Command North (RC-N) Area of Operations.

Sgt. Brandon Behney holds his son Declan, 3.

Sgt. Brandon Behney holds his son Declan, 3.

Clara Lundblad, 13, hugs her father, Sgt. Maj. Douglas Lundblad.

Clara Lundblad, 13, hugs her father, Sgt. Maj. Douglas Lundblad.

Staff Sgt. Andrew Dannemiller and his girlfriend, Kristin White, look on as his nephew is interviewed

Staff Sgt. Andrew Dannemiller and his girlfriend, Kristin White, look on as his nephew is interviewed.

Sgt. 1st Class Eric Stanton hugs his fiancé's grandmother.