Lt. Col. Robert Horney, a native of Lebanon, Penn., and Command Sgt. Maj. Carlos Olvera, the command team for 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment out of Fort Bliss, Texas sit in a cargo plane while flying to Kandahar Air Field on their way to reunite the colors of the “Bobcat” Regiment with 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment out of Fort Wainwright, Alaska. For the first time in 55 years, both battalion colors will be reunited since 1957, when both units were stationed in Nuremburg, Germany.
Date Taken: | 02.13.2012 |
Date Posted: | 02.16.2012 11:11 |
Photo ID: | 526174 |
VIRIN: | 120213-A-0905O-063 |
Resolution: | 2144x1424 |
Size: | 863.1 KB |
Location: | FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHANK, AF |
Web Views: | 143 |
Downloads: | 3 |
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