Photo By Sgt. William Hill | Maj. Gen R. Martin Umbarger, adjutant general for the Indiana National Guard, unveils...... read more read more
CAMP ATTERBURY JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ind. — The 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade dedicated a Rigger Shed today to Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey A. McLochlin, a fallen Soldier who was deployed as a member of the Indiana National Guard's 2nd Battalion 152nd Infantry Regiment.
The 2-152nd, which is now under the 219th BfSB, dedicated the 165th Quartermaster Company Rigger Platoon's operating building at the Seymour Freeman Field Municipal Airport to the memory of McLochlin who served his community, state and nation with great honor.
McLochlin, a police officer in his hometown of Rochester, Ind., was killed in small arms fire, July 5, 2006, while deployed to Afghanistan.
Before McLochlin paid the ultimate price for freedom he parachuted into the Panama Canal Zone during Operation Just Cause in 1989. He was then deployed for Operations Desert Shield and Storm in 1991 and then to Bosnia/Kosovo in support of Operation Joint Endeavor in 2004.
Among the guests at the dedication ceremony were the Indiana adjutant general, Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger; Emmy Huffman, spokesperson for Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar; and Indiana State Command Sgt. Maj. James Brown along with other special guest speakers.
Umbarger closed the ceremony with a poem 'In the Arena" by Teddy Roosevelt.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena," Umbarger read. "Jeff lived in the arena."
A plaque was then unveiled in McLochlin's honor and his family performed the ribbon cutting to symbolize the building's grand opening.
Inside the Rigger Shed are a shake tower — used to shake the parachutes of debris — and also a space for the riggers to pack the parachutes.
Staff Sgt. James Gibson, a Soldier with the 165th said the building meant a lot of different things to him.
"It is the first in Indiana where riggers have their own building to work out of..." he said. "And it will be a constant reminder of my friend Jeffrey McLochlin."
| Date Taken: | 07.10.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 07.10.2009 22:29 |
| Story ID: | 36239 |
| Location: | CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA, US |
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