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Published June 18, 2011, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: William Ellwood in Afghanistan


William Ellwood displays Old Glory on an Afghan hillside while serving with a joint command as a Master-at-Arms Second Class with surface warfare and air warfare qualifications. Submitted photos

  • William Ellwood displays Old Glory on an Afghan hillside while serving with a joint command as a Master-at-Arms Second Class with surface warfare and air warfare qualifications. Submitted photos
  • William Ellwood in the class of 2003 at Hudson High School. He joined the Navy shortly after graduation.
  • William Ellwood, left, a U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms has finished up a tour in Afghanistan with a combined forces unit. He is pictured with his team, which includes Navy, Army, Marine and Air Force personnel, atop an old Russian tank that was destroyed in a previous war. Submitted photo
  • William Ellwood and his team reach the top of Gharib Ghar mountain while on a duty in Afghanistan. The 2003 Hudson High School grad served as a Navy MA2 at a joint command in Kabul.
  • William Ellwood meets up with an Afghan Army soldier.
  • William Ellwood volunteered to hand out food and blankets to refugees while on a tour with a joint command force in Afghanistan. He returned to the U.S. in April.
  • William Ellwood hauls food to refugees while on a tour of duty in Afghanistan from September 2010 to April 2011.
  • William Ellwood stands on a ridge overlooking a former Taliban training site. Ellwood said it was the first one hit by U.S. forces in 2001. “There is still ammunition and ordnance in the area, so we had to be careful where we walked,” he said.
  • William Ellwood flashes the international victory and peace sign with the blazing Afghanistan sun behind him.