Marysville-Based National Guard Unit Deploys in Support of Operation Inherent Resolve

About 40 members of the Ohio Army National Guard’s Battery C, 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, based in Marysville, Ohio, are deploying to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

The community attended a call to duty ceremony for the deploying Soldiers on Sunday morning.  The ceremony was held at the Marysville High School Alumni Hall Performing Arts Center.

While deployed, the unit will provide air and missile defense operations using the Avenger Air Defense System to protect critical assets and personnel throughout the CENTCOM area of responsibility.

The mission will include short-range air defense against unmanned aerial systems, missile strikes, rotary-wing aircraft, and fixed-wing low-altitude threats.

The unit’s previous deployments were in 2010-11 and 2018-19.