Ohio National Guard Photo Gallery - August 2013

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Soldiers of the 371st Sustainment Brigade, currently deployed to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, show their Ohio State University pride by forming a "Block O."

Soldiers of the 371st Sustainment Brigade, currently deployed to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, show their Ohio State University pride by forming a "Block O." Football season is under way during the Labor Day weekend for the Buckeyes and several other Ohio colleges and universities.

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Companies A and B, 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment, Ohio Army National Guard, move out in formation during a squad live fire exercise on the Infantry Platoon Battle Course

Rifle squads from Companies A and B, 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment, Ohio Army National Guard, move out in formation during a squad live fire exercise on the Infantry Platoon Battle Course during annual training in August at Camp Ripley, Minn. Intense and physically demanding, the squad live fire is the training year's capstone event for the companies' dismounted rifle squads.

Spc. Bradley Garner, ONG
Members of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 216th Engineer Battalion, located in Woodlawn, Ohio, have adopted a third grade class at Glenn O'Swing Elementary School in Covington, Ky.

Members of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 216th Engineer Battalion, located in Woodlawn, Ohio, have adopted a third grade class at Glenn O'Swing Elementary School in Covington, Ky. "The Sergeants," which include Sgts. 1st Class Jarrod Kreitzer and Thomas Nation, drop off school supplies to the class and will provide mentorship to the students throughout the year.

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Staff Sgt. Chad Gariety, a cavalry scout and team leader with Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 107th Cavalry Regiment, radios for a edevac.

Staff Sgt. Chad Gariety, a cavalry scout and team leader with Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 107th Cavalry Regiment, radios for a edevac during a combined-arms exercise at the Infantry Squad Battle Course, held at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, near Edinburgh, Ind. The combined-arms, live-fire exercise was the culmination of two years of planning, preparation and training that integrated snipers, scouts, mortars, infantry and medics.

John Crosby, U.S. Army
2009 ONG Alumni Reunion at Defense Supply Center Columbus

The 2013 Ohio National Guard Alumni Reunion has been postponed due to senior leaders traveling abroad in support of the State Partnership Program and other missions; a rescheduled date has yet to be determined. In this photo, from the 2009 ONG Alumni Reunion at Defense Supply Center Columbus, Staff Sgt. Brian Hettinger explains the uses of Army equipment to Ohio National Guard veterans, retired Maj. Gen. Miles Durfey (center) and retired Senior Master Sgt. Darwin Bruce.

Staff Sgt. Sean Mathis, ONG
Command post carrier vehicles from Headquarters and Headquarters Company.

Command post carrier vehicles from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment, pull into Forward Operating Base Hammer, Aug. 7, 2013, at Camp Ripley. Minn. The HHC was occupying the FOB to train on command post and FOB operations, as part of its two-week annual training period. (Ohio National Guard photo by Capt. Russell Galeti)
Sgt. 1st Class Alphonso Meriweather (right), a recon noncommissioned officer with the Ohio National Guard's 52nd Civil Support Team, shares how the identiFINDER works with Curtis Bridges, master tech in the biological chemical group at Battelle Institute.

Sgt. 1st Class Alphonso Meriweather (right), a recon noncommissioned officer with the Ohio National Guard's 52nd Civil Support Team, shares how the identiFINDER works with Curtis Bridges, master tech in the biological chemical group at Battelle Institute, on Aug. 8, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. Battelle employees helped develop some of the equipment used by the 52nd CST, and were able to see how the equipment is utilized including the identiFINDER, a device used by team members to to detect, locate, measure and identify sources or contaminations from gamma radiation.

Bill Pierce, ONG
Soldiers from the food service section of the 737th Support Company.

Soldiers from the food service section of the 737th Support Company (Forward) prepare breakfast in their Containerized Kitchen Unit (CKU) to feed Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment during their Forward Operating Base training Aug. 8, 2013, as part of annual training at Camp Ripley, Minn. The food service section woke up at 2:30 a.m. that day to prepare more than 400 meals.

Capt. Russell Galeti, ONG
Second Lt. Mary Kauffman of the 112th Transportation Battalion crawls through mud during the Warrior Dash.

Second Lt. Mary Kauffman of the 112th Transportation Battalion crawls through mud during the Warrior Dash on Aug. 11, 2013, in North Lawrence, Ohio. Kauffman and 19 other Ohio National Guard Soldiers participated in the event to promote recruiting and retention.

Staff Sgt. Sean Mathis, ONG
Spc. Livingston Newman, a power generator equipment repairer with Support Company, 112th Engineering Battalion, performs preventative maintenance checks and services (PMCS) on a generator during annual training 2013 at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center.

Spc. Livingston Newman, a power generator equipment repairer with Support Company, 112th Engineer Battalion, performs preventative maintenance checks and services (PMCS) on a generator during annual training 2013 at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center, near Newton Falls, Ohio. The company supported several units of the battalion that were working on infrastructure improvements at CRJMTC during their two-week AT period.

Staff Sgt. Joy Hingston, ONG
Spc. Michelle Metzger, a motor transport operator with the 1487th Transportation Company, Ohio Army National Guard, checks the oil in her vehicle

Spc. Michelle Metzger, a motor transport operator with the 1487th Transportation Company, Ohio Army National Guard, checks the oil in her vehicle Aug. 12, 2013 at Multinational Base-Tarin Kot, Afghanistan. Metzger, a mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicle driver, performs daily maintenance on the vehicle has driven more than 3,000 miles in her first deployment to Afghanistan.

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by Sgt. Jessi Ann McCormick

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Federal, state and local officials including U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi (fourth from left); Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst (fifth from left), Ohio adjutant general; and state Rep. Andrew Brenner (third from right) conduct a groundbreaking ceremony Aug. 23, 2013, for the Ohio National Guard's Delaware Training and Community Center.

Federal, state and local officials including U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi (fourth from left); Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst (fifth from left), Ohio adjutant general; and state Rep. Andrew Brenner (third from right) conduct a groundbreaking ceremony Aug. 23, 2013,
for the Ohio National Guard's Delaware Training and Community Center. The TACC, which will serve as a readiness center for multiple Ohio Army National Guard units, will be co-located with the existing Delaware Community Center YMCA. Clearing and removal of trees, shrubs and stumps from the site has begun, and construction of the 64,000-square-foot Delaware TACC is estimated to be completed in November 2014.

Steve Toth, ONG
Soldiers in the Reserve Component Warrant Officer Candidate School practice a tactical road march.

Soldiers in the Reserve Component Warrant Officer Candidate School practice a tactical road march, Aug. 24, 2103, at Camp Sherman Joint Training Center in Chillicothe, Ohio. Over the course of six months, these Citizen-Soldiers are in training to become the future technical subject matter experts of the Army National Guard by becoming warrant officers.

Spc. Brian Johnson, ONG

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Instructors from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. conduct refresher training for members of the 164th Airlift Squadron, 179th Airlift Wing, Ohio Air National Guard on C-130H Hercules aircraft operations

Instructors from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. conduct refresher training for members of the 164th Airlift Squadron, 179th Airlift Wing, Ohio Air National Guard on C-130H Hercules aircraft operations Aug. 27, 2013, in Mansfield, Ohio. Earlier this year, the Air Force announced a mission change for the 179th to operate eight C-130Hs at the base, the first two of which arrived in May, with the final C-130H scheduled to arrive by June 2016.

Staff Sergeant Joe Harwood, ONG
Five new CH-47F Chinook helicopters from the Ohio Army National Guard’s Company B, 3-328th Aviation Regiment, return Aug. 28, 2013, from Hunter Army Airfield, in Savannah, Ga.

Five new CH-47F Chinook helicopters from the Ohio Army National Guard’s Company B, 3-328th Aviation Regiment return Aug. 28, 2013, from Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga., where Soldiers received training for the new aircraft. The “F models” are an improved version of the previous CH-47Ds that the unit piloted while mobilized in 2012 to Afghanistan.

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Command Sgt. Maj. Rodger M. Jones (left), Ohio Army National Guard state command sergeant major, talks with Master Sgt. Jeffery D. Zentz, one of 200 Soldiers from the 371st Sustainment Brigade currently deployed overseas in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Command Sgt. Maj. Rodger M. Jones (left), Ohio Army National Guard state command sergeant major, talks with Master Sgt. Jeffery D. Zentz, one of 200 Soldiers from the 371st Sustainment Brigade currently deployed overseas in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Jones and Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general, visited several of the brigade's Soldiers during an Aug. 29-30, 2013, trip to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait and Kuwait Naval Base.

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Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst (left), Ohio adjutant general, and Command Sgt. Maj. Rodger M. Jones (second from right), Ohio Army National Guard state command sergeant major, visit with Soldiers from the 371st Sustainment Brigade currently deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst (left), Ohio adjutant general, and Command Sgt. Maj. Rodger M. Jones (second from right), Ohio Army National Guard state command sergeant major, visit with Soldiers from the 371st Sustainment Brigade currently deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Ashenhurst and Jones visited several of the brigade's 200 Soldiers during an Aug. 29-30, 2013, trip to Camp Arifjan and Kuwait Naval Base.

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New Albany renamed the facility Veterans Field in honor of those who have served their country, offering free admission to veterans for all New Albany athletic events held there.

The community of New Albany, Ohio and New Albany High School hosted Ohio National Guard members and area veterans for the Eagles' season opener Aug. 30, 2013, at the school's newly renovated football stadium. Guard members and veterans participated in pregame ceremonies, during which New Albany renamed the facility Veterans Field in honor of those who have served their country, offering free admission to veterans for all New Albany athletic events held there.

Staff Sgt. George Davis, ONG