Photo by Staff Sgt. Anna Rutherford | 1249th Engineer Battalion | 09.21.2011
Oregon Army National Guard, Task Force Gridley, 1249th Engineer Battalion, PSD platoon leader 1st Lt. Jay O’Connor checks his radio while pulling security on a mission in Sharana City, Paktika province, Afghanistan Sept. 21....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Anna Rutherford | 1249th Engineer Battalion | 09.11.2011
Sgt. Timothy Tompkins of the 1249th Engineer Battalion, Task Force Gridley, Oregon Army National Guard, folds a flag during a mass flag-flying on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 on Forward Operating Base Sharana, Paktika province, Afghanistan. More than 200 flags were flown by the task force on that day. The flags will be sent to loved ones along with a certificate....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Anna Rutherford | 1249th Engineer Battalion | 08.28.2011
Spc. Alexander Polley runs alongside his father, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Polley of the 1249th Engineer Battalion, Task Force Gridley, Oregon Army National Guard, during the last night of the Hood to Coast Satellite Run held on Forward Operating Base Sharana in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Aug. 28. Participating runners in the relay race included National Guard soldiers from Oregon and......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Anna Rutherford | 1249th Engineer Battalion | 06.17.2011
Spc. Josh Martin, Task Force Gridley PSD, 1249th Engineer Battalion, Oregon Army National Guard, pulls security outside a building during Brig. Gen. Casey Blake’s, deputy commander, Joint Theater Support Contracting Command, U.S. Central Command, Afghanistan, visit to Sharana City, Paktika province, Afghanistan....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Anna Rutherford | 1249th Engineer Battalion | 06.14.2011
Spc. Preston Eberth, Task Force Gridley, 1249th Engineer Battalion, Oregon Army National Guard, Battalion Guideon Bearer, stands at parade rest during the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the battalion in Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 14. The battalion has participated in numerous campaigns and projects both in the U.S. and abroad....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Anna Rutherford | 1249th Engineer Battalion | 06.14.2011
Youngest soldiers, Spc. Jesse Caldwell, Forward Support Company, and Spc. Thomas Smith, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1249th Engineer Battalion, Oregon Army National Guard cut into a cake during the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the battalion in Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 17....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Anna Rutherford | 1249th Engineer Battalion | 04.22.2011
Sgt. Jerod Condit of Task Force Gridley, 1249th Engineer Battalion, Oregon National Guard, pulls security on unexploded ordnance during a mission on April 22 in Paktika province, Afghanistan....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Anna Rutherford | 1249th Engineer Battalion | 04.20.2011
Staff Sgt. Christopher Herndon of Task Force Gridley, 623rd Engineer Company, Nebraska National Guard stuffs backpacks with wooden toys courtesy of the Woodworkers’ Club in Lakeland, Fla., school supplies courtesy of the students and faculty at West Salem High School in Salem, Ore., and candy courtesy of Operation Shoebox in Belleview, Fla. The backpacks will be distributed to orphans in the......
