Nat'l Guard general meets hometown heroes
SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Lieutenant Col. Thomas Saxe (center), 386th Expeditionary Operations Group deputy commander, and Lt. Col. John Bollard (left), 386th Expeditionary Mission Support Group Detachment-1 commander, greets U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Raymond Rees, after arriving at a Southwest Asia air base Feb. 21, 2008. General Rees is the adjutant general for the Oregon National Guard and is responsible for providing the State of Oregon and the United States with a ready force of citizen Soldiers and Airmen, equipped and trained to respond to any contingency, natural or manmade. The stop capped off a five day tour through the deployed area of responsibility where Guardsmen from Oregon are assigned. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Patrick Dixon)