Maj. Gen. John C. Harris Jr. hosts town hall on Ohio National Guard's evolving response to COVID-19
The adjutant general discusses the Ohio National Guard's role in supporting the state's medical capacity assessment during an April 2, 2020, town hall with Sima Merrick, executive director, Ohio Emergency Management Agency, and Col. Andrew Stone, who will help lead the Guard's alternate medical facility assessment mission.
From relying on food to delivering it: Ohio National Guard Soldier shares story of becoming U.S. citizen
Spc. Jacque Elama, assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s HHC 1-148th Infantry Regiment – 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, provides assistance to the Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank, April 1, 2020. Nearly 400 Ohio National Guard members were activated to provide humanitarian missions in support of COVID-19 relief efforts, continuing The Ohio National Guard’s long history of supporting humanitarian efforts throughout Ohio and the nation.~ Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Beth Holliker, 180th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
178th Wing analysts collecting critical information during COVID-19 response
Senior Airman Elise, an analyst assigned to the 178th Wing, analyzes a map of Ohio counties March 30, 2020, at the Defense Supply Center in Columbus, Ohio. The Airman is serving on Joint Task Force 37, collecting data on COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and available hospital resources across the state, as well as providing weather and route information for the JTF-37 task forces supporting local food banks at 12 locations across Ohio, serving more than 11 million Ohioans in all 88 counties. ~ Photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Mullen, 178th Wing Public Affairs
Guard member ‘serving a greater purpose’
First Lt. Justin Rainier, a logistics readiness officer with the 178th Wing, conducts a briefing March 23, 2020, at the Defense Supply Center in Columbus, Ohio. Ranier, whose job during Operation Steady Resolve is to gather intelligence information for Guard personnel working at 12 regional food banks around the state, said the Guard must step in and help ensure that people’s basic needs are met to help keep the community safe and healthy. “We’re serving a greater purpose,” he said. “Everything we’re doing is to try and save lives.” ~Photo by Tech. Sgt. Shane Hughes, 178th Wing Public Affairs
Doctor helps keep Guard members safe to serve’
Lt. Col. Gary Katz, a flight surgeon with the 178th Wing serving on Joint Task Force 37, briefs commanders March 23, 2020, at the Defense Supply Center in Columbus, Ohio. Katz’s role on JTF-37 is to review medical reports and advise commanders on how to safeguard their personnel, while they perform humanitarian missions on state active duty in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “My job is to ensure that everyone is adhering to these guidelines, so they don't transmit the virus to themselves or others,” Katz said. ~ Photo by Tech. Sgt. Shane Hughes, 178th Wing Public Affairs
Soldiers supporting food bank mission help rescue car crash victim
Five Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment provided lifesaving assistance following a single-vehicle crash March 23, 2020, near Toledo, Ohio. The group was returning to the unit readiness center in Walbridge, Ohio, following a day supporting operations at the Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank, and after witnessing the accident, stopped to assist the driver, move her to safety away from the wreckage and work to revive and care for her until first responders could arrive. ~ Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Beth Holliker, 180th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
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Ready when needed: Ohio National Guard’s history of supporting Ohio during times of emergency
The Ohio National Guard has a long history of supporting first responders and citizens in the aftermath of natural disasters or emergencies. With a bench of nearly 17,000 members who live and work throughout the Buckeye State, the Ohio National Guard is always ready and always there during times of emergency or disaster, as it has been for decades, serving Ohioans — as Ohioans.
Senior enlisted leader brings traditional Guard perspective to key position
There’s a new top noncommissioned officer in town, and that goes for both Soldiers and Airmen of the Ohio National Guard. Command Sgt. Maj. William Workley is the first senior enlisted leader for the ONG, appointed in the fall of 2019 by Maj. Gen. John C. Harris Jr., Ohio adjutant general.
State command chief: Airmen care, development top priorities
Chief Master Sgt. Heidi Bunker was appointed the 11th command chief master sergeant of the Ohio Air National Guard in January 2020. As the state command chief, Bunker sees her top priority as caring for and developing Airmen to succeed when faced with challenges. “We need Airmen who see challenges as opportunities. Increasing the emotional intelligence, resilience and cognitive flexibility of our Airmen will play key roles in our success.”
Cave Men: Marking the 75th anniversary of the 147th Infantry on Iwo Jima
Relieving Marine Corps units, the Soldiers of the Ohio National Guard’s 147th Infantry Regiment fought on the island of Iwo Jima from March to September 1945, clearing the remaining enemy Japanese troops, some of whom were hiding in intricate cave systems.
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ONG HISTORY | ON THIS DAY
April 9, 1884
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment is organized in Columbus, Ohio as the 8th Battery, Light Artillery. Except for a brief period from 1904 to 1910 as an infantry company, the unit has spent its 136 years of existence as an artillery battery. The battery is entitled to campaign streamers from World War I, II and the War on Terrorism, where it earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation in Afghanistan during a 2011-2012 mobilization. In this 2005 photo, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery sit for a unit photo at Camp Grayling, Mich.
April 6, 1892
The 1194th Engineer Company is organized in Chillicothe, Ohio as Company H, 17th Infantry Regiment (Sill Guard). The local designation was in honor of Brig. Gen. Joshua Sill, a Chillicothe native who was killed at the Battle of Stones River, Tenn. during the Civil War. The company displays campaign streamers from World War I, II and the War on Terrorism. In April 2004, then Company A, 216th Engineer Battalion, was decorated with the Valorous Unit Award for operations in An Najaf Province, Iraq. In this 1934 photo, Soldiers of Company H, 166th Infantry pose for a unit photo at Camp Perry, Ohio.
April 6-7, 1862
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s Army of the Tennessee defeated Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh, Tenn. Ohioans made up about one-fifth of Grant’s Army, representing 28 infantry regiments, five batteries of artillery and a cavalry regiment. Today, three Ohio National Guard units display the Shiloh campaign streamer on their organizational colors, the 112th Engineer Battalion (1st Ohio), 134th Field Artillery Regiment (Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery) and the 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (6th Ohio). This lithograph depicts the charge and taking of a New Orleans battery during the battle by a Wisconsin regiment and was sketched by A.E. Mathews of the 31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
~ Image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Ohio Army National Guard Historical Collections
THIS WEEK: April 5-11
In Through the Lens, Soldiers returning from World War I are served a welcome home dinner by their mothers; in Week in Review, the 37th Infantry Division is reorganized in 1963; and Facility Facts takes a closer look at the Cleveland Central Armory, which housed Ohio National Guard units in downtown Cleveland from the 1890s until its demolition in the early 1960s.
April 1, 1988
The 1485th Transportation Company is constituted in Coshocton, Ohio as Detachment 2, 1485th Transportation Company. The detachment mobilized in 2003 for Operation Iraqi Freedom, where it was decorated with the Meritorious Unit Commendation. On Sept. 1, 2007, the detachment was reorganized as the 1485th Transportation Company. In this July 14, 2014, photo, Sgt. Ken Arner, a truck driver with the 1485th Transportation Company, readies to man the gunner position in the Virtual Convoy Operations Trainer (VCOT) at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center, near Newton Falls, Ohio.
April 1, 1925
Company A, 237th Support Battalion is organized in Cleveland as Troop G, 107th Cavalry. Company A perpetuates lineage from Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula and has participated in campaigns in World War II and the War on Terrorism. The company came under its present designation on Sept. 1, 2007, and serves as the distribution company for the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. In this 1988 photo, Sgt. Carl Laver and Spc. John Harper transport a cargo of 105 mm mortar ammunition for Troop L, 3rd Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry during annual training at Camp Grayling, Mich.
THIS WEEK: March 29-April 4
In Through the Lens, Soldiers returning from World War I are served a welcome home dinner by their mothers; in Week in Review, the 37th Infantry Division is reorganized in 1963; and Facility Facts takes a closer look at the Cleveland Central Armory, which housed Ohio National Guard units in downtown Cleveland from the 1890s until its demolition in the early 1960s.
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