Ohio National Guard Photo Gallery - February 2012

Photo Gallery

THis Day in History... Feb 1, 1972

On this day in Ohio National Guard history, Feb. 1, 1972, the 196th Public Affairs Detachment (Mobile), currently stationed at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, was organized in Worthington as the 196th Public Information Detachment. In this photo, during a ceremony on Sept. 18, 2011, the detachment commander, Maj. Marshall Jackson, and 1st Sgt. Steve Toth add the Meritorious Unit Commendation streamer to the unit's guidon. The award was earned while the unit was on its second deployment to Iraq, in 2010-2011. Earning credit for participation in four campaigns and receiving two unit awards, the 196th comes out of the Iraq war as the most decorated Ohio Army National Guard unit.

(Ohio Army National Guard Historical Collections)

On this day in Ohio National Guard history, Feb. 2, 1925, the 837th Engineer Company, currently stationed in Lorain, Ohio, was organized in Akron as Headquarters Company, 73rd Infantry Brigade. In 1928, the unit was redesignated as Company K, 145th Infantry, a designation the unit fought under during World War II and held until 1959. This photo of Company K was taken in 1935 at Camp Perry, Ohio during summer training. These iconic photos of Ohio National Guard units in the inter-war years were taken by photographer Dick Dreyer.

(Ohio Army National Guard Historical Collections)

On this day in Ohio National Guard history, Feb. 2, 1813, Gen. William Henry Harrison established Fort Meigs on the south side of the Maumee River near present day Perrysburg, Ohio. The fort was to serve as a temporary supply depot and staging area for an invasion of Canada. Named for then-Ohio Gov. Return Jonathan Meigs Jr., the garrison was a home for more than 2,000 men, comprised of U.S. regulars and militia from Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia. This 1913 drawing by S.H. Phillips depicts one of the two attacks made by the British on the fort in May and June 1813; both attacks were repulsed. For more information on Ohio's War of 1812 bicentennial celebration visit www.warof1812.ohio.gov.

(Ohio Army National Guard Historical Collections/Glass plate lantern slide image courtesy of Louis A. Schultz Collection)

Ohio National Guard history: On Feb. 5, 1945, 2nd Lt. Robert M. Viale of Company K, 148th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division is killed in Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands. For his heroic actions to protect his Soldiers from an exploding grenade, he was awarded the Medal of Honor by General Order No. 92, dated Oct. 25, 1945.

(Drawing by Sgt. Jess Cauthorn/Ohio Army National Guard Historical Collections)

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An African-American History Month celebration at Beightler Armory this month saw the Ohio Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen bring the famed aviators' story of triumph over prejudice to fight for our nation during World War II to the Ohio National Guard. The group included one of the original Airmen, aircraft mechanic Paul Menefield. A total of 961 pilots and 15,000 of all military air corps skills were trained at Tuskegee, Alabama. The 332nd Fighter Group of the Airmen compiled a distinguished combat record in Europe. Today's chapter includes other African-American Air Force veterans and those dedicated to keeping the memory of the Airmen alive. An emotional moment occurred early in the program, when Chapter President Edward Morast said, “I'll ask all the Tuskegee Airmen to stand up and salute the men and women who guard our freedom today.”
National Guard questions Air Force budget plan

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general, meet in Washington, D.C. to discuss the Air Force budget proposal and the future of the Mansfield Air National Guard Base.

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Pfc. Heather De La Vega, personal security detail medic assigned to Headquarters, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, takes direction from Sgt. John Maziarz and her assistant gunner, Sgt. Isiah Selby

Pfc. Heather De La Vega, personal security detail medic assigned to Headquarters, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, takes direction from Sgt. John Maziarz and her assistant gunner, Sgt. Isiah Selby, personal security detail Soldiers also assigned to HQ, 37th IBCT, as she fires her M240B machine gun Feb. 7, 2012, during qualification at Camp Mike Spann, Afghanistan. The 37th IBCT is deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

(Ohio National Guard photo by Sgt. Kimberly Lamb)
Members of the survey section, 52nd Civil Support Team

Members of the survey section, 52nd Civil Support Team, Ohio National Guard collect samples of a suspicious substance during a training exercise Feb. 17, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio.

(Ohio National Guard photo by Capt. Matt Molinski)