| Above: Piping the Iowa National Guard to deployment in Afganistan. Boone, Iowa, 2007. |
| Above: MacKenzie Highlanders Pipes & Drums L - R: Penny BayBridge; Bobby Mohr; Brian McClary; Ron Husted; Jim Jorgenson; Norwood Baybridge; Steve Layton; Avee BayBridge. Below: MacKenzie Highlanders leading the Color Guard. |
| Above, 2007 The Mackenzie Highlanders performing in the Iowa State Capitol Rotunda. Left to right: Drum Corporal Bobby Mohr, Drum Sergeant Paula Moeckley, Piper Steve Moeckly, Piper Steve Layton, Pipe Major Jim Jorgenson ipe Sergeant Ron Husted |
| The MacKenzie Highlanders Pipes & Drums of Des Moines regularly perform in a varietey of Patriotic Observances and Commemorative Ceremonies. |
| MacKenzie Highlanders at the 2007 Iowa State Fair Parade: Piper - Brian McClarey Piper - Norwood BayBridge, FSA Scot Bass Drummer - Duff McFadden |
| Left: As of 03/01/2008, MacKenzie Highlanders Piper Steve Layton has played across the State at 47 funerals for soldiers who were killed serving our Country. |
| Below: Steve & Paula Moeckly performing at the Field of Flags Ceremony, 2005 |
| Help Honor Iowa's Heros Call if you are interested in joining as a Piper or a Drummer to support the MacKenzie Highlanders honor our Public Servants in Iowa during special observances. |
| Above: Ankeny High School, Nov. 10, 2007. Piping 130 Military Policeman into deployment to Iraq; Officiated by the Governor of Iowa. |
| The Mission of the MacKenzie Highlanders Pipes & Drums of Des Moines is to Acknowledge and Support Iowa's Active and Reserve Military Units, Law Enforcement Agencies and Fire Departments. The MacKenzie Highlanders Gratefully Acknowledge the Service and Sacrifice of these Dedicated Men and Women. |
| MacKenzie Highlanders Pipe Sergeant Ron Husted, piping for the Iowa National Guard. |
| MacKenzie Highlanders at the Iowa National Guard Freedom Center, June 6, 2009. 294th Area Support Medical Company Deployment Ceremony. |
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| Contact Drummer Drum Corporal Bobby Mohr (left) for performance and booking information. |
| The MacKenzie Highlanders take part in a Tribute for seven unclaimed veterans who's remains were interred at the Veteran's Cemetery in Van Meter, Iowa, on April 24th, 2009. |
| Above: The MacKenzie Highlanders performing at the request of the Governor of Iowa. Right: Piper Steve Layton, Piper Steve Moeckly and Side Snare Drummer Bobby Mohr performing at the Freedom Center, Camp Dodge, Iowa |
| Pipe Sergeant Ron Husted of the MacKenzie Highlanders (pictured with a Russian soldier re-enactor) was appointed to play the pipes at the Elbe River Bridge Commemoration Event in Newton, Iowa, on April 25th, 2010. His uniform chosen for this unique milestone re-enactment was the khaki kilt tunic of the WWII Scottish Highland Divisions. Nearly 250 residents turned out for the performance to honor area veterans and remember the historic moment of WWII. The highlight of the event was a portrayal of the historic link-up of American and Russian troops on an Elbe River Bridge, cutting the Nazi war machine in half and marking the beginning of the end for Germany. Attending the commemoration was Dmitry Vetrov, Counselor for the Embassy of Russia to the United States, who expressed greetings from the Commissioner on Veteran Affaires of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. |