Brig. Gen. Michael J. Lally congratulates Pfc. Robert Harbaugh, a Lake Placid, FL resident in preparation of a mass re-enlistment ceremony at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian A. Barbour)
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LAKE PLACID, FL MAN RE-ENLISTS IN ARMY
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More than 250 Sustainers re-enlist at Joint Base Balad
Joint Base Balad, Iraq - Service members from across Iraq gathered in Joint Base Balad, to re-enlist and commemorate Veteran's Day.
285 Soldiers and Airmen from the 3rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and Joint Base Balad raised their right hand and recited the oath of enlistment with Brig. Gen. Michael J. Lally, the 3rd ESC's commanding general, presiding over the mass re-enlistment.
One of those raising their hand Tuesday was Pfc. Robert Harbaugh, a Lake Placid, FL resident. Pfc. Harbaugh has served 1 year in the Army.
"For 233 years, the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces have raised their hands and spoken the words these heroes in front of you will speak today," Lally said. "For our Nation to be successful - for us to sustain our freedoms - we must be willing to serve."
Concluding Lally's speech, the formation of service members raised their right hands and swore in - once again.
The Veterans Day event was designed to both remember those who have served or are serving and to sustain a quality, all-volunteer 3rd ESC team.
Accumulatively, service members pledged more than 1,500 years of additional service to their country. The service members originated from over 34 different States and 13 different brigades, all under the 3rd ESC.
The event was the first-ever mass re-enlistment at Joint Base Balad.
Brig. Gen. Michael J. Lally congratulates Pfc. Robert Harbaugh, a Lake Placid,
FL resident in preparation of a mass re-enlistment ceremony at Joint Base Balad,
Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian A. Barbour)
Over 250 service members took part of the first-ever mass re-enlisted at Joint
Base Balad on Verteran's Day. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brian A. Barbour)