Photo by Laura-Chase McGehee/ Chattanooga Times Free Press – Spc. Kenneth Allen, center, of the 316th Mobility Augmentation Company of the U.S. Army Reserve holds the company flag during an activation ceremony Saturday at the Tennessee Army National Guard’s training site in Catoosa County, Ga. The unit began training in October 2010.Capt. Lex Oren Jr. took command of an Army unit with three members, including himself, in October.
By Saturday he had 47 soldiers.
He’s about a third of the way to his goal of 122.
The U.S. Army Reserve “Fighting” 316th Mobility Augmentation Company unfurled its flag in an activation ceremony Saturday on the parade grounds of the Tennessee Army National Guard Volunteer Training Site in Catoosa County, Ga.
Brig. Gen. Bud Jameson Jr. told the assembled soldiers how rare it is to be a part of an entirely new unit.