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 Guarding the D.C. skies: Ohio Guard prepares for second National Capital Region tour By Army Sgt. Peter Kresge
                Ohio National Guard
 MCCONNELSVILLE, Ohio - Ohio National Guard  members of the Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Brigade  will be working on a unique mission in the form of the ongoing air defense of  the National Capital Region, Ohio Guard officials said last month. These Soldiers, who train for the opportunity to employ  their skills on real-world missions, have been assigned to the Avenger missile  system, a lightweight, day or night, limited adverse weather fire unit employed  to counter enemy reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition efforts and  low-level aerial threats. The Avenger missile system is unique because of its  important contribution to national security. Although the Soldiers drill far from the limelight of  Washington, D.C., in a significantly smaller town here, they will soon be  propelled onto the national stage when they mobilize in support of Operation  Clear Skies later this year. Soldiers of the 2-174th are familiar with this homeland  defense mission – the unit mobilized in 2006 for the same mission.   “Not everyone gets this kind of opportunity to translate  their training into a real-world mission with this type of importance,” said  Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeffery Wise, an operations sergeant with the battalion’s  Headquarters Battery, who was a member of the 2006 mission.   Prior to the actual mission, Soldiers carefully rehearse  each step of their alert system repeatedly through a variety of classroom  scenarios, hands-on training activities and table-top simulators.   The troops use the simulators to rehearse their roles  within the Avenger system as gunners, team leaders and noncommissioned  officers-in-charge. “The communication has to be precise. God forbid, but if  the time comes, all the training up to that point comes into play and muscle  memory kicks in,” Wise said, adding that the Soldiers are excited to be working  with the Avenger missile system again.     Woldbold, who narrowly missed joining the first mission  when he enlisted in 2007, said he will enjoy the opportunity to see the many  national monuments and landmarks – the same ones he will be guarding.
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