The Ohio National Guard welcomed home about 285 Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, as they returned from a nearly yearlong deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, during a March 31 ceremony at Morgan High School.
While deployed, the unit’s primary duty was to conduct a Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) mission in Iraq and Afghanistan. C-RAM is a set of systems used to detect and/or destroy incoming artillery, rockets and mortar rounds in the air before they hit their ground targets, or simply provide early warning.
During its deployment, the 2-174 ADA team successfully protected U.S. military, government contractor and civilian personnel, as well as strategic assets at various locations throughout Iraq and Afghanistan.