New unit activates at Camp McCain

Photo By Staff Sgt. Connie Jones | Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey L. Dawson uncases the colors for Company E, Support Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, Mississippi Army National Guard, while Lt. Col. Joseph F. Kilcullen presents the guidon during the unit's activation ceremony June 6, 2015, at the Camp McCain Training Center. Kilcullen serves as commander, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, and Dawson is his senior enlisted advisor. The activation ceremony is part of the process for adding a unit to the state's force structure, and this is the first such ceremony for the Mississippi Army National Guard in more than 10 years. The new unit will serve as a forward support company to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group. (Mississippi Army National Guard photo by Spc. Connie Jones, 102nd Public Affairs Detachment/Released)  

CAMP MCCAIN, MS, UNITED STATES

06.06.2015

Story by Spc. Connie Jones 

102d Public Affairs Detachment

CAMP MCCAIN, Miss. - Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey L. Dawson uncases the colors for Company E, Support Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, Mississippi Army National Guard, while Lt. Col. Joseph F. Kilcullen presents the guidon during the unit's activation ceremony June 6, 2015, at the Camp McCain Training Center.

Kilcullen serves as commander, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, and Dawson is his senior enlisted advisor.

The activation ceremony is part of the process for adding a unit to the state's force structure, and this is the first such ceremony for the Mississippi Army National Guard in more than 10 years.

The new unit will serve as a forward support company to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group.

• Date Taken: 06.06.2015
• Date Posted: 06.06.2015 21:53
• Story ID: 165750
• Location: CAMP MCCAIN, MS, US
• Hometown: CAMP MCCAIN, MS, US
• Hometown: JACKSON, MS, US