A ceremony is planned Friday for around 50 citizen-soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard in Columbus who are deploying to western Europe.
A ceremony will be held Friday afternoon for about 50 members of the Ohio Army National Guard from the Columbus area who will be deployed to western Europe to assist allies in the region.’s Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 174th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, located in Columbus, are deploying to Europe in support of “Operation European Assure, Deter and Reinforce,” according to a release.The public is invited to attend a"call to duty" ceremony for the deploying soldiers at 1 p.
While deployed, the unit will provide mission command support of air defense assets in western Europe. The Ohio National Guard reports this will be the unit’s third overseas rotation in support of these operations, which enhance deterrence, increase readiness of U.S. forces in Europe and support NATO nations and U.S. allies in the region.
Elements of the 174th Air Defense Artillery Brigade headquarters have also deployed five times over the last 10 to 15 years to support security of the National Capital Region in Washington, D.C., the Guard reports.
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