Soldier Sendoff











Hundreds of local families scattered across Western Pennsylvania said goodbye to their loved ones serving with the Pennsylvania National Guard's 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry on Wednesday morning, January 6, 2010 as 114 soldiers left from the Hunt Armory in Shadyside. The soldier will be heading to Camp Atterbury, Ind., where they will train for approximately five weeks before leaving for Afghanistan. In Afghanistan they will be heading to the Kunar Province where they will carry out a vital mission in the War on Terror serving as security for Provincial Reconstruction Teams.

Photograph by Justin Merriman  

1 comments:

Melissa Merriman January 11, 2010 at 8:16 PM  

I love the first photo with the little red head, I love how she has the same boots as the guys on too.

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Justin Merriman, an award-winning photojournalist with the Tribune-Review, has spent more than a decade traveling the world to cover politics, wars, natural disasters and civil unrest. His work has appeared in leading national and international publications and he has received numerous top journalism awards. After covering the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks – including the crash of United Flight 93 in Shanksville – Merriman committed to chronicling the U.S. military and its War on Terror. He has followed this story across the US and into the war zones of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. He also has covered life in Fidel Castro’s Cuba in 2002, India’s efforts to eradicate polio, the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and most recently, Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Cuba in 2012. In 2011, Merriman was honored with the top photography award from the Military Reporters and Editors Assoc. for his work in Iraq & Haiti. Merriman graduated from the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg in 2000 with a degree in English Writing. In 2009, the university awarded him its prestigious Alumnus of Distinction award. Merriman lives in Oakmont with his fiancé, Stephanie Strasburg.

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