UNCLASSIFIED COC Program

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Schedule of Events
Opening Welcome..MAJ Gary
Jorgensen Post the Colors34th CAB
Color Guard National Anthem34th
ID Band Introduction of Official
PartyMAJ Gary Jorgensen Invocation
Chaplain (LTC) Joel Severson Remarks
.Rep. John Kline Remarks
Rep. Betty McCollum Remarks
.Sen. Amy Klobuchar First Lady
RemarksFirst Lady Mary
Pawlenty Assistant TAG Remarks...BG
Joseph Kelly Division Commander
Remarks...MG Richard Nash Governor
RemarksGovernor Tim Pawlenty 834th
Battalion Commander Remarks...LTC Eric
Waage TF34 Brigade Commander Remarks....CO
L Clay Brock Benediction.Chaplain
(LTC) Joel Severson Issuance of
OrderMG Richard Nash The Army
Song...34th ID
Band Conclusion.....MAJ Gary
Jorgenson
Official Party Governor Tim Pawlenty First Lady
Mary Pawlenty Senator Amy Klobuchar Representati
ve Betty McCollum Representative John
Kline Brigadier General Joseph Kelly, ATAG
MNARNG Major General Richard Nash, 34th ID
Commander Colonel Clay Brock, TF 34
Commander Lieutenant Colonel Eric Waage, 834th
Battalion Commander Chaplain (LTC) Joel
Severson, TF 34 Chaplain Command Sergeant Major
(CSM) Gery Thesing, TF 34 CSM
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Task Force 34 Departure Ceremony
(Units include HHC 34th CAB, 834th ASB, C Co.
2-211th, and F Co. 1-189th) Saturday,
May 31st, 2008 at 1100
HISTORY, 34th Combat Aviation Brigade, 34th
ID The 34th Combat Aviation Brigades lineage
and honors trace to 30 January 1919 when Co D,
6th Infantry was established and federally
recognized. Reorganized and redesignated 1
December 1923 as Co D, 206th Infantry, an element
of the 34th Division. Converted and redesignated
1 July 1940 as Battery D, 216th Coast Artillery.
Reorganized and redesignated 10 September 1943 as
Battery D, 774th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun
Battalion. Reorganized 26 November 1947 a
Battery D, 256th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic
Weapons Battalion, an element of the 47th
Infantry Division. Converted and redesignated 22
February 1959 as the 47th Aviation Company, 47th
Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated
1 April 1963 as Headquarters Company, 47th
Aviation Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated
2 October 1986 as Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, Aviation Brigade, 47th Infantry
Division. Reorganized and redesignated 01
October 2005 as Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 34th Combat Aviation Brigade, 34th
Infantry Division. Current 34th Combat
Aviation Brigade Commander Colonel Clay
Brock Former 34th Combat Aviation Brigade
Commanders Colonel Ronald Neumeister Colonel Mark
Dugger Colonel Daniel Morgan Colonel Matthew
Brockway Colonel Rick Erlandson Colonel Steven
DeMars Colonel Ronald Sprengler Colonel Jerome
Litschke
Thank you for joining us in wishing farewell to
the Soldiers of TF 34 as they go forward in the
defense of our freedom.