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Col. Jeffery Thompson (left), an Oregon native and the commander for the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, receives a saber from a member of the 1st Cavalry Division Honor Guard during the brigade’s 30th birthday commemoration at the 1st Cavalry Division Museum at Fort Hood, Texas, Sept. 16. The Air Cav was originally constituted in 1963 as the 11th Air Assault Aviation Group, consisting of the 227th, 228th and 229th Aviation Battalions, as part of the 11th Air Assault Division at Fort Benning, Ga. Since its inception, the brigade has participated during operations in Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Somalia, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and has assisted in humanitarian missions in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, and also provided support to Pakistan in the wake of its devastating earthquakes in 2006.
| Date Taken: | 09.16.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 09.17.2014 14:42 |
| Photo ID: | 1553955 |
| VIRIN: | 140916-A-WD324-018 |
| Resolution: | 1900x1267 |
| Size: | 1.11 MB |
| Location: | FORT HOOD, TEXAS, US |
| Web Views: | 34 |
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