Oklahoma National Guard 45th Infantry Brigade

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Oklahoma National Guard45th Infantry Brigade

• A deployment ceremony was held Thursday, Oct. 18,
  2007 in Norman, OK honoring the 45th Infantry
  Brigade Combat Team. The deployment is the
  largest of the Oklahoma National Guard since the
  Korean War.

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• Soldiers salute as the colors are introduced at
  the deployment ceremony.

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• Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry gives the thumbs up
  sign as he is introduced.

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• Sgt. Ashlei Tiffie, of Oklahoma City, and the
  1120th MP Company of the 45th Infantry Brigade,
  applauds.

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• Honor guards for the various units of the 45th
  being deployed stand on the floor at Lloyd Noble
  Arena in Norman, OK, as University of Oklahoma
  president David Boren is pictured on a large
  screen during a speech at the deployment ceremony.

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• Deploying guardsman PFC. Chad Phelps, of Durant,
  OK.

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• Major General Harry W. Wyatt III, adjutant
  general for the Oklahoma Army and Air National
  Guard, gestures as he speaks at the deployment
  ceremony.

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Pfc. Dakota Jarvis, of Tonkawa, OK, listens.
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Maj. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, left, adjutant
general for the Oklahoma Army and Air National
Guard, left, salutes, and Oklahoma Gov. Brad
Henry, right, applauds, during the retiring of
the colors.
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Deploying guardsman Private Christopher Hammond,
of Bartlesville, OK, salutes during the retiring
of the colors.