SgtJim
12-14-2011, 03:42 PM
all pictures size are reduced but all are available in hi-res (without watermark), just reply here
video is 720p HD on the bottom of the page :)
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The 2nd Chalk of 1249th Engineer Battalion returns to Oregon from their year long deployment to Afghanistan. The group is landing in Salem Municipal Airport in Salem, Ore.
The unit's primary role during their 400-day deployment to Afghanistan was command and control, while providing support for Task Force Gridley
photos from http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonmildep/
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Oregon Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Cory Larivee, of the 1249 Engineer Battalion, is welcomed home by his family shortly after his unit’s return to the Salem Municipal Airport, in Salem, Ore., Dec. 12. Larivee, of Salem, Ore., and approximately 125 of his fellow Soldiers were part of the second group to arrive on a direct flight to the Salem airport. The first group of 51 Soldiers arrived in Salem on Dec. 8.
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A chartered flight is framed by the U.S. Flag, held aloft by ladder trucks from the Salem Fire Department, following the Dec. 12 arrival of the second group of Soldiers from the Oregon Army National Guard’s 1249 Engineer Battalion following their 400-day deployment to Afghanistan. The flight landed at the Salem Municipal Airport where family and friends waited to greet them.
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Oregon Army National Guard Sgt. Clifton Fox, of the 1249 Engineer Battalion, is welcomed home by his family shortly after his unit’s return to the Salem Municipal Airport, in Salem, Ore., Dec. 12. Fox, of Salem, Ore., and approximately 175 of his fellow Soldiers returned to Oregon following a 400-day deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Oregon Army National Guard Spc. Joshua Martin, of the 1249 Engineer Battalion, is welcomed home by family members shortly after his unit’s return to the Salem Municipal Airport, in Salem, Ore., Dec. 12. Martin, of Beaverton, Ore., and approximately 175 of his fellow Soldiers returned to Oregon following a 400-day deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Oregon Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Peter Fritsch, of the 1249 Engineer Battalion, is welcomed home by his wife Dori, shortly after his unit’s return to the Salem Municipal Airport, in Salem, Ore., Dec. 12. Fritsch, of Camas, Wash., and approximately 125 of his fellow Soldiers were part of the second group to arrive on a direct flight to the Salem airport. The first group of 51 Soldiers arrived in Salem on Dec. 8.
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Oregon Army National Guard Spc. Julie Young, of the 1249 Engineer Battalion, holds her nephew Nicholas on her shoulders, shortly after her unit’s return to the Salem Municipal Airport, in Salem, Ore., Dec. 12. Young, of Rockaway Beach, Ore., and approximately 175 of her fellow Soldiers returned to Oregon following a 400-day deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Oregon Army National Guard Col. Kevin Dial, Commander of the 1249 Engineer Battalion, is framed by the U.S. Flag, as he speaks to family members shortly after his unit’s arrival at the Salem Municipal Airport, in Salem, Ore., Dec. 12. Dial, of Keizer, Ore., and approximately 125 of his fellow Soldiers were part of the second group to arrive on a direct flight to the Salem airport. The first group of 51 Soldiers arrived in Salem on Dec. 8.
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Oregon Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Peter Fritsch, of the 1249 Engineer Battalion, embraces his wife Dori, shortly after his unit’s return to the Salem Municipal Airport, in Salem, Ore., Dec. 12. Fritsch, of Camas, Wash., and approximately 125 of his fellow Soldiers were part of the second group to arrive on a direct flight to the Salem airport. The first group of 51 Soldiers arrived in Salem on Dec. 8.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m47nJpOnbiY
video is 720p HD on the bottom of the page :)
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The 2nd Chalk of 1249th Engineer Battalion returns to Oregon from their year long deployment to Afghanistan. The group is landing in Salem Municipal Airport in Salem, Ore.
The unit's primary role during their 400-day deployment to Afghanistan was command and control, while providing support for Task Force Gridley
photos from http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonmildep/
12101
Oregon Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Cory Larivee, of the 1249 Engineer Battalion, is welcomed home by his family shortly after his unit’s return to the Salem Municipal Airport, in Salem, Ore., Dec. 12. Larivee, of Salem, Ore., and approximately 125 of his fellow Soldiers were part of the second group to arrive on a direct flight to the Salem airport. The first group of 51 Soldiers arrived in Salem on Dec. 8.
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A chartered flight is framed by the U.S. Flag, held aloft by ladder trucks from the Salem Fire Department, following the Dec. 12 arrival of the second group of Soldiers from the Oregon Army National Guard’s 1249 Engineer Battalion following their 400-day deployment to Afghanistan. The flight landed at the Salem Municipal Airport where family and friends waited to greet them.
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Oregon Army National Guard Sgt. Clifton Fox, of the 1249 Engineer Battalion, is welcomed home by his family shortly after his unit’s return to the Salem Municipal Airport, in Salem, Ore., Dec. 12. Fox, of Salem, Ore., and approximately 175 of his fellow Soldiers returned to Oregon following a 400-day deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Oregon Army National Guard Spc. Joshua Martin, of the 1249 Engineer Battalion, is welcomed home by family members shortly after his unit’s return to the Salem Municipal Airport, in Salem, Ore., Dec. 12. Martin, of Beaverton, Ore., and approximately 175 of his fellow Soldiers returned to Oregon following a 400-day deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Oregon Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Peter Fritsch, of the 1249 Engineer Battalion, is welcomed home by his wife Dori, shortly after his unit’s return to the Salem Municipal Airport, in Salem, Ore., Dec. 12. Fritsch, of Camas, Wash., and approximately 125 of his fellow Soldiers were part of the second group to arrive on a direct flight to the Salem airport. The first group of 51 Soldiers arrived in Salem on Dec. 8.
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Oregon Army National Guard Spc. Julie Young, of the 1249 Engineer Battalion, holds her nephew Nicholas on her shoulders, shortly after her unit’s return to the Salem Municipal Airport, in Salem, Ore., Dec. 12. Young, of Rockaway Beach, Ore., and approximately 175 of her fellow Soldiers returned to Oregon following a 400-day deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Oregon Army National Guard Col. Kevin Dial, Commander of the 1249 Engineer Battalion, is framed by the U.S. Flag, as he speaks to family members shortly after his unit’s arrival at the Salem Municipal Airport, in Salem, Ore., Dec. 12. Dial, of Keizer, Ore., and approximately 125 of his fellow Soldiers were part of the second group to arrive on a direct flight to the Salem airport. The first group of 51 Soldiers arrived in Salem on Dec. 8.
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Oregon Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Peter Fritsch, of the 1249 Engineer Battalion, embraces his wife Dori, shortly after his unit’s return to the Salem Municipal Airport, in Salem, Ore., Dec. 12. Fritsch, of Camas, Wash., and approximately 125 of his fellow Soldiers were part of the second group to arrive on a direct flight to the Salem airport. The first group of 51 Soldiers arrived in Salem on Dec. 8.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m47nJpOnbiY