Maj. Brian Hummel, left, a Tamaqua native and operations officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, poses for a photo with Spc. Derek Filloy, a Weatherly native and canon crew member with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, during a re-enlistment ceremony at Fort Hood, Texas, Nov. 21. Hummel, left, poses for a photo with Filloy. Hummel attended Tamaqua Area High School with Filloy's mother, Megan, and the two families have been friends ever since. Filloy requested Hummel to administer the oath due to their brotherlike relationship and close family ties.