Staff Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.
196TH MPAD
STENNIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Miss -- High-level interest in Joint Task Force Buckeye brought visits from several high-ranking dignitaries. Among those touring the area, both by air and in convoys, were:
-- Ohio Governor Bob Taft
-- Georgia Governor Sony Perdue
-- Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum, director of the National Guard
-- Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais, commander of the 38th Infantry Division (USA)
-- Maj. Gen. Douglas O'Dell, commander of the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Katrina (USMC)
-- Maj. Gen. Gregory Wayt, adjutant general for Ohio
-- Maj. Gen. Harold Cross, adjutant general for Mississippi
-- Maj. Gen. A.J. Feucht, assistant adjutant general for Air, Ohio National Guard
-- Brig. Gen. Matthew Kambic, assistant adjutant general for Army, Ohio
National Guard
-- Brig. Gen. Michael Fleming, assistant adjutant general for Army, Florida
National Guard
-- Brig. Gen. James Pylant Jr., assistant adjutant general for Army, Mississippi
National Guard
-- Brig. Gen. Tod Carmony, assistant division commander maneuver, 38th Infantry Division (USA)
-- Chief Master Sgt Chris Muncy, command chief master sergeant of the Ohio Air National Guard
-- Command Sgt. Maj. William Gillam, command sergeant major of the Ohio Army National Guard
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