Ohio National Guard’s 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team returns home from Kosovo

Photo By Staff Sgt. Michael Carden | Maj. Gen. Mark E. Bartman (at podium), Ohio adjutant general, addresses Soldiers of Headquarters, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and their Families during the unit’s welcome home ceremony July 28, 2017, in Gahanna, Ohio. The 37th IBCT was deployed to Kosovo for Operation Joint Guard-Kosovo Force (KFOR), a United Nations peacekeeping operation. (Ohio National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Carden)  

GAHANNA, OHIO, UNITED STATES

07.29.2017

Story by Staff Sgt. Michael Carden 

Ohio National Guard Public Affairs

The Ohio National Guard welcomed home about 100 Soldiers from Headquarters, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team during a ceremony July 29 at Gahanna-Lincoln High School. The 37th IBCT, located in Columbus, returned from a nearly yearlong deployment to Kosovo for United Nations peacekeeping operations in support of Operation Joint Guard-Kosovo Force (KFOR). While there, the 37th IBCT provided command and supervisory oversight of Multinational Battle Group-East (MNBG-E), which was tasked with maintaining a safe and secure environment and ensuring freedom of movement for people living within the MNBG-E Area of Responsibility, the sector along Kosovo’s southeastern boundary that it shares with Macedonia and Serbia.

• Date Taken: 07.29.2017
• Date Posted: 12.31.2017 23:29
• Story ID: 243772
• Location: GAHANNA, OHIO, US