Pennsylvania Guard Called Up for G-20 Summit

By Air Force Capt. Jay Ostrich
Special to American Forces Press Service

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 22, 2009 – More than 2,500 Pennsylvania National Guardsmen have been called up to support the international G-20 Summit, a global economic summit, being held here Sept. 24 and 25.

Operation Steel Kickoff started Sept. 20 with a joint reception, staging, onward movement and integration point process led by the Guard\’s 213th Area Support Group, which is working out of a hangar at the 171st Air Refueling Wing in Coraopolis, Pa. 

In short, the four-point process acts as the gateway for the soldiers and airmen assigned to the mission.