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1194th Engineer Company
to deploy to Southwest Asia
Photos by by Staff Sgt. Michael Carden,
Ohio National Guard Public Affairs
About 160 Soldiers from the Ohio Army National Guard's 1194th Engineer
Company, located in Chillicothe, Ohio, are deploying in support of Operation
Freedom's Sentinel. The unit's Soldiers were honored Oct. 12 during a call
to duty ceremony at Ohio University-Chillicothe. The unit's mission overseas
will be to conduct vertical engineering operations. Comprised of technically
skilled laborers including plumbers/pipe fitters, interior electricians and
concrete/masonry experts, the 1194th previously deployed in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003-2005. |