BAF Dedicates new IED training center to fallen Soldier

Photo By Sgt. Zachary Otto | Maj. Nathaniel J. Orlowski, the counter-Improvised Explosive Device Support Element Leader for Task Force Bayonet, stands beside the new plaque for a building that was dedicated the Maj. Michael L. Green C-IED Training Center at Bagram Air Field on, June 20. Green was killed in Oct. 2007 from the explosion of an IED.  

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AFGHANISTAN

06.20.2008

Story by Sgt. Zachary Otto 

382nd Public Affairs Detachment

By Sgt. Zach Otto
382nd Public Affairs Detachment

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan – Officials here dedicated a new improvised explosive device Training Center, June 20, to a fallen Soldier, who was killed by an IED.

Maj. Michael L. Green, a Gautier, Miss. native, was killed January 7, while serving on a volunteer deployment to Afghanistan.

The ceremony took place at the new Michael L. Green Counter- IED Training Center. The ceremony's speaker was Col. Michael T. Mahoney, Task Force Paladin commander.

"We honor him by putting his name on a building that helps train how to counter IEDs," said Mahoney of Green, who was awarded a Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Meritorious Service Medal for his actions.

"Green deserves this," said Nathaniel J. Orlowski, TF Bayonet's Counter IED Support Element leader. "He believed in leadership from the front."

Orlowski knew Green personally, and believed Green was always willing to help out and lead by example.

"Mike died a hero, we will never forget his honor," said Mahoney. "He deserves a place in our history. This building is critical for that history."

• Date Taken: 06.20.2008
• Date Posted: 06.23.2008 14:49
• Story ID: 20775
• Location: BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AF