Oregon National Guard's 2-218 Field Artillery Battalion is honored with Meritorious Unit Citation

Lt. Col Stephen Schmidt, commander of the 2-218th Field Artillery Battalion, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard, affixes a Meritorious Unit Citation streamer to his battalion's colors during an award ceremony at Yakima Training Center, Yakima, Wash., July 18. The 2-218 FA received the award for exceptionally meritorious conduct of sustainment and security missions that took place over a 150,000 square mile area of operations during their July 2009 - April 2010 deployment to Iraq. (Photo by Sgt. Julie Trotter, 2-218 Field Artillery Battalion)