Ohio National Guard Photo Gallery - Aug 2018 |
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The 121st Air Refueling Wing hosted a ceremony to dedicate Whitfield Track to Staff Sgt. Malvin Whitfield, a Tuskegee Airman and five-time Olympic medalist, Aug. 2, 2018, at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio. Whitfield, who won his first gold medal Aug. 2, 1948, at the London Olympic Games, was assigned to Lockbourne Air Force Base, currently Rickenbacker ANGB, after World War II. Airman 1st Class Tiffany A. Emery, ONG |
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Celebrating National Twins Days
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Lakota (left) and Raven Hull pose for a photo at the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield, Ohio. The Hulls are identical twins who joined the Air Force together, where Raven serves as a personnel specialist and Lakota is a medical administrator. Airman First Class Christi Richter, ONG |
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Fraternal twins Austin and Isabella Galindo, of Massillon Ohio, began their military adventure by enlisting at the same time on 27 June 2018 in Cleveland, joining more than 40 other sets of twins currently serving in the Ohio National Guard. |
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Airmen with the 200th RED HORSE participate in a field training exercise Aug. 4, 2018, at Camp Perry Joint Training Center, near Port Clinton, Ohio. RED HORSE (Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer) units provide the Air Force with a highly mobile civil engineering response force to support contingency and special operations worldwide. Senior Airman Megan Shepherd, ONG |
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Airman 1st Class Lydia Delmonico, an information technology specialist with the 180th Fighter Wing, trains at Great Lakes Global Taekwondo in Sylvania, Ohio, in preparation for the International Taekwondo Federation World Championships, which took place July 21-Aug. 5, 2018, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Delmonico earned gold medals in individual specialty breaking and team power breaking, silver medals in team patterns and in team specialty breaking, and bronze medals in team sparring and individual power breaking. Staff Sgt. Shane Hughes, ONG |
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Aviators with the Ohio National Guard partner with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation to spot illegal marijuana growing operations from an overhead UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Aug. 6, 2018, in southwestern Ohio. With its towering stalks, corn is a common crop for illegal marijuana growers to hide their plants among, making it difficult to locate except from the sky. Sgt. Joanna Bradshaw, ONG |
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Maj. Gen. Mark E. Bartman visits Ohio Military Kids Camp Kelleys Island Aug. 8, 2018, at Kelleys Island, Ohio. Bartman, the Ohio adjutant general, spoke during one of the camp’s “Military Moments” and talked with the gathering of 9- to 15-year-olds about the year's theme, BASIC (Building a Stronger Individual and Community). Warrant Officer Candidate |
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Staff Sgt. Ryan Menth (left), a survey team lead with the 52nd Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction), discusses potential threats with Sgt. 1st Class Dustin Laycox, the reconnaissance noncommissioned officer with the 52nd CST, Aug. 9, 2018, during a training exercise at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in Dayton, Ohio. The 52nd CST is trained and equipped to identify and assess chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards, assisting first responders during natural disasters or man-made catastrophes. Staff Sgt. Michael Carden, ONG |
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Airman 1st Class Emily Brinkman of the 180th Fighter Wing, based in Swanton, Ohio, performs a fast refuel for a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during Northern Strike 18, Aug. 9, 2018, in Alpena, Mich. Northern Strike 18 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting service members from many states, multiple service branches and a number of coalition countries during the first three weeks of August at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan and operated by the Michigan National Guard. Staff Sgt. Bethany Rizor, |
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Ohio National Guard leadership and medical professionals attend the Operation Hospital SMART (Strategic Medical Asset Readiness Training) kickoff Aug. 14. 2018, in Cincinnati. For the next two weeks, medical personnel from the Ohio National Guard and other services will train with medical professionals from four Cincinnati-area hospitals. Sgt. Joanna Bradshaw, ONG |
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Staff Sgt. Andrea Villegas (right), a fire protection specialist with the 180th Fighter Wing in Swanton, connects a hose from a fire hydrant to a Stryker fire truck during a training mission at Northern Strike 18, Alpena, MI, Aug. 14, 2018. Villegas was the only woman firefighter to participate in the exercise, which included firefighters from the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Ohio National Guard, Tennessee National Guard, Latvia, Estonia and Bulgaria. Airman 1st Class Tiffany Clark, |
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Col. James R. Camp (left), Ohio assistant adjutant general for Air, is presented with a unit patch by a member of the Hungarian Defence Forces Aug. 15, 2018, during Operation Northern Strike 18 at Camp Grayling, Mich. Northern Strike 18 is a multinational, multiservice training exercise held annually in northern Michigan. Staff Sgt. Michael Carden, ONG |
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&Ohio Air National Guard member Master Sgt. Paul Roub and his wife were attending a Cleveland Indians baseball game Aug. 19 at Progressive Field in Cleveland when Roub, a full-time firefighter at the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield, Ohio, helped diagnose and care for a man who appeared to have heat exhaustion. Courtesy photo |
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Six Soldiers won championship belts in the 2018 Ohio Army National Guard Combatives Tournament Aug. 19, 2018, at the Maj. Robert S. Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio. Pictured are (from left): 2nd. Lt. Valerie Stearns, 812th Engineer Company, lightweight champion; Spc. Anthony Skulina, 296th Engineer Detachment, welterweight champion; Cpl. Ray Fisher, 811th Engineer Company, middleweight champion; Spc. Thomas Lawson, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment, cruiserweight champion; Spc. Mitchell Peck, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Battalion, light heavyweight champion; Spc. Derrick Yant, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, heavyweight champion. Staff Sgt. George B. Davis, ONG |
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Maj. Gen. Mark E. Bartman, Ohio adjutant general, talks about his career, experiences and keys to leadership to a group of about 60 incoming Air Force ROTC cadets Aug 19, 2018, at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Bartman, who is a 1982 OSU Air Force ROTC distinguished graduate, also discussed the impact that being an ROTC cadet made on his career. Photo courtesy of OSU Air Force ROTC |
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Col. James R. Camp (left), Ohio assistant adjutant general for Air, presents Tess Elshoff, president of the Ohio State Board of Education with a plaque in recognition of her support as keynote speaker during a Women’s Equality Day observance Aug. 20, 2018, at the Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio. In 1971, Congress designated Aug. 26 as Women’s Equality Day in honor of the adoption of the 19th Amendment, which gave full voting rights to women in 1920. Sgt. Joanna Bradshaw, ONG |
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Representatives from various Ohio civilian media outlets participate in a media orientation flight and tour Aug. 22, 2018, at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio. Media members flew over downtown Columbus during a training mission in an Ohio Army National Guard Warrant Officer Candidate |
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Pilot for a Day Honorary Air Force Col. Shane Sagraves sits in the cockpit of a KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to the 121st Air Refueling Wing, before the jet leaves to fly a mission Aug. 22, 2018, at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio. Sagraves and the rest of his family were hosted by the 121st ARW through the “Pilot for a Day” program, which provides children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses an opportunity to experience a day in the life of an Ohio National Guard Airman. Tech. Sgt. Nic Kuetemeyer, ONG |
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Spc. Veronica Elliott of the 122nd Army Band, and 94-year-old James Duratz of Meadville, Pa. cut the cake at the joint reunion of the 148th Infantry Veterans Association and 37th Division Veterans Association Aug. 25, 2018, at Camp Perry Joint Training Center near Port Clinton, Ohio. Per military tradition, Elliott and Duratz, a World War II veteran of Company I, 148th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division, as the youngest and oldest Soldiers present, respectively, to cut the cake. Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Mann, ONG |
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The 251st Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group and the 123rd Air Control Squadron Wing have both earned the National Guard Association of the United States Distinguished Mission Support Plaque. Both Ohio Air National Guard units have won the award multiple times, including the past seven years for the 123rd ACS, for outstanding performance in support to other units, U.S. combatant commands, training exercises, stateside disaster relief efforts and the Department of Defense State Partnership Program. Airman 1st Class Amber Mullen, ONG |
