Joint Enablers: Airmen, Soldiers Prep for Patriot's Debut at Southwest Asia Base [Image 2 of 8]

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01.07.2009

Photo by Master Sgt. Denise Johnson 

380th Air Expeditionary Wing

Airmen and Soldiers gather at the Patriot Battery motor pool to go over ground plans Jan. 3 in preparation for the arrival of about 200 Soldiers in the coming weeks. From left to right: the 380th Expeditionary Mission Support Group deputy commander, Lt. Col. Fred Thaden; Army 1st Lt. Erik Mason, 5-52 Air Defense Artillery Battalion Signal Officer; 1st Lt. Shawn McDanal and Capt. Raymond Orr, both project officers with the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, discuss site layout plans over the hood of an Army Patriot Battery communications vehicle. The advance team of Soldiers, in addition to the arrival of the main body, will comprise the first Patriot Battery at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing. The Soldiers will be incorporated into the 380th AEW's mission in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force Horn of Africa. Thaden hails from Colorado Springs, Colo. He is deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, where his wife and children reside. Mason is deployed from Fort Bliss, Texas; he calls Olean, N.Y., home. McDanal, deployed from Andrews AFB, Md., hails from Conifer, Colo. Orr, a Downingtown, Pa., native, recently returned to his home station of Moron Air Base, Spain. Orr was the lead engineer for the Army bed-down prior to handing the reins over to new arrival, McDanal.

• Date Taken: 01.07.2009
• Date Posted: 04.16.2012 18:46
• Photo ID: 141816
• VIRIN: 090107-F-6247J-004
• Resolution: 3300x2400
• Size: 3.28 MB
• Location: (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION)