Spc. Kevin Thomson, a CH-47F Chinook helicopter mechanic for Company D, 2nd "Lobo" Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, recites the Oath of Enlistment during his reenlistment ceremony, Sept. 19, 2008, at the 1st Cavalry Division Horse Detachment stables, Fort Hood, Texas. Thomson, a Sacramento, Calif., native, reenlisted to change his job from Chinook mechanic to OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter mechanic. Why I serve, Soldier maintains aircraft, career 117452

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