Photo by Sgt. John Crosby | Camp Atterbury Indiana | 09.25.2010
Staff Sgt. Patrick Stewart, infantryman from Terra Haute, Ind., holds his fiance's son at the 3-19th Agricultural Development Team's departure ceremony Sept. 25 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana. The Indiana National Guard unit will deploy to Afghanistan to assist Afghan leaders in improving agricultural practices....
Photo by Sgt. John Crosby | Camp Atterbury Indiana | 09.25.2010
Col. Walter Colbert, commander of Indiana's 3-19th Agricultural Development Team addresses Indiana state leaders, his service members and their loved ones during the unit's Afghanistan departure ceremony held Sept. 25 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana. "Our mission will take us outside the wire, out amongst the general population, and into harm’s way," said......
Photo by Sgt. John Crosby | Camp Atterbury Indiana | 09.25.2010
Soldiers and airmen of the Indiana National Guard's 3-19th Agricultural Development Team pray the benediction, concluding their Afghanistan departure ceremony Sept. 25 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana. The ADT capitalizes on the citizen-soldier concept of the National Guard by utilizing civilian education and experience to accomplish its missions. Tasked with......
Photo by Sgt. John Crosby | Camp Atterbury Indiana | 09.25.2010
Spc. Jeremy Gunning spends time with his family during the 3-19th Agricultural Development Team's departure ceremony Sept. 25 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana. The Indiana National Guard unit is tasked with providing agricultural development, oversight and education to farming communities throughout Afghanistan....
Photo by Sgt. John Crosby | Camp Atterbury Indiana | 09.25.2010
Staff Sgt. Patrick Stewart, infantryman from Terra Haute, Ind., holds his fiance's son at the 3-19th Agricultural Development Team's departure ceremony Sept. 25 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana. The Indiana National Guard unit will deploy to Afghanistan to assist Afghan leaders in improving agricultural practices....
Photo by Sgt. John Crosby | Camp Atterbury Indiana | 09.25.2010
Indiana Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman expresses her gratitude to the soldiers and airmen of Indiana's 3-19th Agricultural Development Team and explains a little about the unit's unique mission during their Afghanistan departure ceremony held Sept. 25 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana. "These 'Hoosiers,' our citizen-soldiers, or you might say our farmer-soldiers, are......
Photo by Sgt. John Crosby | Camp Atterbury Indiana | 09.25.2010
Spc. Nathan Martin, infantryman from Burlington, Ind., hugs his father a final goodbye before deploying to Afghanistan at the 3-19th Agricultural Development Team's departure ceremony Sept. 25 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana. Martin is a driver in Security Force Platoon. He will provide security for a group of highly specialized and unique group of Indiana......
Photo by Sgt. John Crosby | Camp Atterbury Indiana | 09.25.2010
Sgt. 1st Class Fred Smith, lead mechanic and platoon sergeant of Headquarters Platoon, 3-19th Agricultural Development Team, Indiana National Guard, spends time with his wife and kids as they play on a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle on display for families at the unit's Afghanistan departure ceremony Sept. 25 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana. The......
