tribtown > Spec. Austin Cecil, right, helps Columbus' Lt. Nick Roukas with Charlie Company prepare for a practice parachute jump at Freeman Field in Seymour on Wednesday morning. The soldiers are members of the 2-152 Reconnaissance and Surveillane Calvary Squadron (airborne) of the Indiana National Guard's newly activated 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade. Members of the squadron will continue practice jumps at Freeman Field in an anticipation of deployment in in 2011. Members of the unit made 48 jumps during the exercise.
tribtown > Staff Sgt. James Mitchell of Bloomington and Staff Sgt. Kade Brescher of Brownstown spent part of their day Wednesday serving as pathfinders for parachutists practicing jumps from Blackhawk helicopters at Freeman Field in Seymour. Pathfinders helped the jump master determine when soldiers may jump from the helicopter and when weather conditions are optimal.
The exercise was planned for some of the full-time members of the 2-152 Reconnaisance and Surveillance Calvary Squadron (Airborne). The unit is a component of the Indiana National Guard's newly activated 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade.
tribtown > Some members of the 2-152 Reconnaissance and Surveillance Calvary Squadron (airborne spent Wednesday morning practicing parachute drops from Blackhawk helicopters at Freeman Field in Seymour. The squadron, also known as Charlie Company, is a component of the Indiana National Guard's newly activated 219th Battlefield Surveillance Battalion, which is headquartered at Camp Atterbury. Two Blackhawks were brought in from the guard's Shelbyville facility for the exercise, which involves 48 parachute drops.
tribtown > Steve Cockerham, 7, of Seymour and his father, Chet Cockerham spent part of their Saturday looking over the almost 100 cars at a show sponsored by Time Turners at Shields Park in Seymour.
tribtown > Paratroopers with the newly activated 2-152 Reconnaissance and Surveillance Calvary (Airborne) Squadron perform during a ceremony at Camp Atterbury near Edinburgh on Saturday afternoon. The unit, a component of the Indiana National Guard's 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, will be based at Freeman Field in Seymour.
tribtown > Members of the 2-152 Reconnaissance and Surveillane Calvary (Airborne) participated in an exercise to capture a foreign agent during a ceremony activitating the unit along with the rest of the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade at Camp Atterbury on Saturday. The calvary unit will be based at Freeman Field in Seymour.
tribtown > Col. Ivan Denton addresses family, friends and other supports during a ceremony activating the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade at Camp Atterbury near Edinburgh. The Indiana National Guard unit contains a component, the 2-12 Reconiassance and Surveillance Calvary (airborne) Squadron that will be located at the armory at Freeman Field in Seymour.
tribtown > Members of the 2-152 Reconnaissance and Surveillance Calvary, based at Freeman FIeld in Seymour, perform during a ceremony activating the unit along with other components of the 2,200-member 219th Battlefield Surveillance Bridgade at Camp Atterbury on Saturday. The unit, part of the Indiana National Guard, was formed to perform intelligence, reconnaissance and provide limited interdiction of enemy forces.
tribtown > Members of the 2-152 Reconnaissance and Surveillance Brigade, based at Freeman Field in Seymour, prepared to enter a building in search of a foreign agent at Camp Atterbury on Saturday. The exercise was part of an Indiana National Guard ceremony activating the unit along with other components of the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade.
Spec. Austin Cecil, right, helps Columbus' Lt. Nick Roukas with Charlie Company prepare for a practice parachute jump at Freeman Field in Seymour on Wednesday morning. The soldiers are members of the 2-152 Reconnaissance and Surveillane Calvary Squadron (airborne) of the Indiana National Guard's newly activated 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade. Members of the squadron will continue practice jumps at Freeman Field in an anticipation of deployment in in 2011. Members of the unit made 48 jumps during the exercise.
tribtown > Spec. Austin Cecil, right, helps Columbus' Lt. Nick Roukas with Charlie Company prepare for a practice parachute jump at Freeman Field in Seymour on Wednesday morning. The soldiers are members of the 2-152 Reconnaissance and Surveillane Calvary Squadron (airborne) of the Indiana National Guard's newly activated 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade. Members of the squadron will continue practice jumps at Freeman Field in an anticipation of deployment in in 2011. Members of the unit made 48 jumps during the exercise.
Spec. Austin Cecil, right, helps Columbus' Lt. Nick Roukas with Charlie Company prepare for a practice parachute jump at Freeman Field in Seymour on Wednesday morning. The soldiers are members of the 2-152 Reconnaissance and Surveillane Calvary Squadron (airborne) of the Indiana National Guard's newly activated 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade. Members of the squadron will continue practice jumps at Freeman Field in an anticipation of deployment in in 2011. Members of the unit made 48 jumps during the exercise.
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