Ohio National Guard Photo Gallery - August 2011 |
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IndyCar racing legend Mario Andretti (from left) takes a moment Aug. 4, 2011, to speak with Ohio Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Albert Whatmough, Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Helderman, a member of the 838th Military Police Company in Youngstown and Medina, Ohio, native, and Air Force Staff Sgt. Rebecca Helderman, with the 92nd Medical Operations Squadron, out of Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Wash. Patrick Helderman, the Ohio Army National Guard Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for 2010, and others experienced two-seat IndyCar rides at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. (Ohio National Guard photo by Sgt. Michael Carden) |
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Sgt. 1st Class Ronald T. Hetrick (front row, sixth from left), the Warrior Leader Course branch chief with the Ohio Army National Guard's 147th Regiment (Regional Training Institute), takes a photo with staff and cadre Aug. 4, 2011, during an Ohio-Nigeria military exchange. Hetrick spent Aug. 1-4 at the Nigerian equivalent of a noncommissioned/warrant officer academy, briefing leaders and instructors there who are looking to model their professional schools off the U.S. military structure. (Ohio National Guard photo). |
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Lt. Col. Robert Schuett (right), a member of the Ohio Air National Guard's 179th Airlift Wing and a Lexington, Ohio, resident, assumes command of the newly-formed 702nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron from Col. Robert Kiebler (left) Aug. 9, 2011, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The primary mission of the 702nd EAS is to provide support to forward operating bases using the new C-27J Spartan cargo aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Corey Hook) |
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Brig. Gen. Mark E. Bartman, Ohio assistant adjutant general for Air, is welcomed by youth campers Aug. 10, 2011, to Operation: Military Kids Camp at Kelley's Island, on Lake Erie. Ohio National Guard leaders spent a day at the camp, a joint venture of the ONG Family Readiness and Warrior Support Program and 4-H, for children ages 9-15, who are from military Families. (Ohio National Guard photo by Cpl. Daniel Eddy) |
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Sgt. Roy Mitchell (left), of the Ohio Army National Guard's 292nd Engineer Detachment, holds his son, Roy Mitchell IV, as Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general, coaxes a smile from the infant during a welcome home ceremony Aug. 13, 2011, in Newton Falls, Ohio. Mitchell and about 40 other unit members returned from a 10-month deployment to Kuwait. (Ohio National Guard photo by Capt. Matt Molinski) |
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Spc. Amy Gregory, a member of the Ohio Army National Guard's 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment and a Marshallville, Ohio, native, receives the Army Commendation Medal from Brig. Gen. William F. Duffy, deputy chief of Army Public Affairs, during an Aug. 19, 2011, ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Gregory, who was promoted to the rank of sergeant following the ceremony, also received the 2010 'Rising Star' Award for Outstanding New Broadcaster during the Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware awards presentation. (Ohio National Guard photo by Steve Toth) |
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Ohio Governor John Kasich confers with Col. John Harris, assistant adjutant general for Army, Ohio Army National Guard before a call to duty ceremony for A Battery 1-134th Field Artillery, which is headed to Afghanistan. (Ohio National Guard photo by Capt. Matt Molinski) |
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Officer Candidate Michael Walter (from left), Officer Candidate Sulaiman Bah, Capt. Stefanie Kuntz, Officer Candidate Gregory Staten and Officer Candidate Andrew Reiff pose in front of a monument honoring the contributions of the 94th Ohio Infantry during the Battle of Chickamauga. The candidates were in northwestern Georgia for a staff ride to study famous Civil War battles as part of their professional military education, and took a break for a photo, forming the Ohio State University "O-H-I-O." (Ohio National Guard photo) |
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Col. Gregory Schnulo (second from right) receives the colors of the 178th Fighter Wing from Brig. Gen. E. Mark Bartman (third from left), Ohio assistant adjutant general for Air, Aug. 21, 2011 at the Springfield Air National Guard Base. During the ceremony, Schnulo took command of the 178th from Col. Harry 'Mike' Roberts (right), as U.S. Rep. Steve Austria (left) and State Sen. Chris Weidner look on. (Ohio Air National Guard photo courtesy of 178th Fighter Wing) |
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Lloyd E. Kagy (right) speaks during the Aug. 22, 2011, promotion ceremony for his daughter, Col. Jane Lengel, at Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio, as Lengel's husband, John, listens. With the promotion, Lengel, a member of Joint Force Headquarters-Ohio and an Upper Arlington, Ohio, resident, is now the strategic plans and operations officer for the Ohio National Guard. (Ohio National Guard photo by Steve Toth) |
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Col. John C. Harris Jr. (third from left), Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, presents a Minuteman Award to Rubber City Radio (WAKR/WONE/WQMX/AkronNewsNow.com, Akron) President Thom Mandel (second from left) for the media group's participation in the Noncommercial Sustaining Announcement program, which broadcasts National Guard recruiting spots on donated airtime. Flanking Harris and Mandel are State Command Sgt. Maj. Al Whatmough (from left), Sgt. 1st Class Frank Russell and Sgt. 1st Class First James Youngdahl, both of whom are Ohio Army National Guard recruiters in the Northeast Ohio area. (Ohio National Guard photo by Diane Farrow) |
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Staff Sgt. Sean T. Panza, a member of the Ohio National Guard's Joint Force Headquarters and a Johnstown, Ohio, native, displays a plaque he received for being named Monroe Township Volunteer Fire Department Firefighter of the Year. Seated in the 1920s-era Seagraves fire truck is Panza's son, Alex. (Ohio National Guard photo) |