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

Story by Ohio National Guard Public Affairs
Photos by Staff Sgt. Michael Carden, Ohio National Guard Public Affairs

Family members greet the Soldiers.

Families and friends of Headquarters, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Soldiers wait to greet their loved ones July 29, 2017, prior to the unit’s welcome home ceremony in Gahanna, Ohio. The 37th IBCT was deployed to Kosovo for Operation Joint Guard-Kosovo Force (KFOR), a United Nations peacekeeping operation.

Family members greet the Soldiers. Family reunited with Soldier.
Baby girl reunited with Soldier. A young boy holds his father tightly.
Family reunited with Soldier. Family reunited with Soldier.
Family reunited with Soldier. Family reunited with Soldier.
Maj. Gen. Mark E. Bartman stands at podium, Ohio adjutant general, addresses Soldiers at their welcome home ceremony.

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.

GAHANNA, Ohio — 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.

Watch a video of the welcome home ceremony on the Ohio National Guard Facebook page (click on “Videos”).

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