What: The 490th Signal Company (Tactical Installation Network – Enhanced) will hold a change of command ceremony. The outgoing commander is Capt. Emile Hawkins Jr. (from New Orleans, La.), and the incoming commander is 1st Lt. Mikhail Khusid (from Beachwood, Ohio).
When: Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at 1 p.m.
Where: Blacklick Ohio Reserve Center, which is located at 765 Taylor Station Road, Blacklick, Ohio, 43004.
Contact: For information on the ceremony, contact Staff Sgt. Troy Robinson, the operations sergeant, at 614-692-5424 ext. 137, 443-326-8484 or troy.l.robinson.mil@mail.mil.
Additional information:
· The 490th SC (TIN) is a relatively new Army Reserve unit that stood up in Columbus, Ohio less than four years ago.
· They deployed to Afghanistan from July 2013 to June 2014.
· As a reminder on the unit, some of the local coverage on the unit before they deployed includes the following links:
o Video story - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m6GGjmrn8A
o Video B-roll - http://youtu.be/IGhRUWFzx6U
o Article - http://www.dvidshub.net/news/110269/farewell-ceremony-held-deploying-soldiers#.UeXaIODR2FI
o (CBS) WBNS-Channel 10 News’ Coverage on deployment ceremony
o http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2013/07/14/westerville-Sendoff-Held-For-Army-Reserve-Members-Headed-To-Afghanistan.html
o (NBC) Channel 4 News’ Coverage on the deployment ceremony
o http://www.nbc4i.com/story/22837480/i-dodeployment-too-newlyweds-soldier-on-together