Maj. Gen. Thomas Turner, Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) administers the oath of re-enlistment to seven Soldiers from the 96th Aviation Support Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade June 8 in the battalion area of Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq. The Soldiers are (left to right) Spc. Carleton Parks, Headquarters Support Company, 96th Aviation Support Battalion, Spc. Lakeshia Olaniyan, Headquarters Support Company, 96th Aviation Support Battalion, Spc. Alex Castellanos, Company A, 96th Aviation Support Battalion, Sgt. Preston Farnun, Company B, 96th Aviation Support Battalion, Spc. Derek Schoonover, Company B, 96th Aviation Support Battalion, Staff Sgt. Mark Underwood, Company B, 96th Aviation Support Battalion, and Spc. Gregory Wynne, Company B, 96th Aviation Support Battalion. Four of the Soldiers are from Company B, which now has 101 re-enlistments since October 1st. The ceremony also took the 1o1st Combat Aviation Brigade to 606 re-enlistments overall. Photo by 2nd Lt. Viviana Rodriguez
Posted: 06/01/2006