Army's last pathfinder company deactivates in Fort Bragg ceremony
Pathfinders assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Assault Helicopter Battalion sign names on a V17 Panel after completion of their deactivation ceremony at Simmons Army Airfield, at Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 24, 2017.
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By DREW BROOKS | The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. (Tribune News Service) | Published: February 25, 2017
Sgt. 1st Class Adam C. Herbst called the name of each soldier in his unit one last time.
One-by-one, the soldiers broke formation in the hangar at Simmons Army Airfield until the Army's last pathfinder company was no more — leaving an empty space on the hangar floor.
Capt. Steven J. Orbon, the commander of F Company, 2nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, and Herbst, the company first sergeant, cased the unit guidon as a final act for the 82nd Airborne Division's pathfinder company.
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