Lt. Col Stephen Schmidt, Commander of the 2-218 Field Artillery, Oregon Army National Guard, (center), affixes a Meritorious Unit Citation streamer to his Battalion’s colors during the unit’s award ceremony held at Yakima Training Center, in Yakima, Wash., July 18. The 2-218 FA received the award for exceptionally meritorious conduct of sustainment and security missions that took place over a 150,000 square mile area of operations during their July 2009 – April 2010 deployment to Iraq.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Julie Trotter, 2-218 Field Artillery Public Affairs).
News Release from: Oregon Military Department