Ohio National Guard Photo Gallery - February 2014 |
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Capt. George Waller (left) prepares to inspect Soldiers from the 372nd Infantry Battalion at the Central Armory in Cleveland, circa 1950. Ohio Army National Guard Historical Collections |
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Officers and noncommissioned officers of the 137th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, 37th Infantry Division, look over a map while training at Fort Bliss, Texas in 1952. The all-black battalion was called into federal service in January 1952, serving two years on active duty before returning to Ohio. Ohio Army National Guard Historical Collections |
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Company A, 372nd Infantry Battalion passes the review stand during annual training at Camp Atterbury, Ind., in 1950. Ohio Army National Guard Historical Collections |
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Brig. Gen. John C. Harris Jr. (left), Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, and Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst (right), Ohio adjutant general, pose for a photo with Sgt. Christopher Jurgens (second from left) and Spc. James Potteiger after awarding them both with the Soldier's Medal on Feb. 1, 2014, during the Ohio National Guard's Army Leader Conference at Camp Perry Joint Training Center, near Port Clinton, Ohio. The Soldier's Medal, awarded for distinguishing oneself by heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy, was awarded to Jurgens and Potteiger for two separate incidents where each Soldier performed life-saving actions on a civilian following an automobile accident. Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pavlik, ONG |
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Command Sgt. Maj. William Workley (center), a federal technician with the Ohio Army National Guard's G4 directorate and a Canal Winchester, Ohio, native, receives the Brig. Gen. Roger E. Rowe Quality Award from Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst (right), Ohio adjutant general, and Brig. Gen. John C. Harris Jr., assistant adjutant general for Army, on Feb. 1, 2014, during the annual OHARNG leaders conference at Camp Perry Joint Training Center, near Port Clinton, Ohio. Workley received the award for his work in process mapping all of the G4 key supporting processes, reconfiguring the State Controlled Humidity Program and the development of maintenance metrics for the Ohio National Guard's Active Strategy Enterprise software program. Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pavlik, NG |
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Victor Bailey, a community readiness consultant from the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Family Readiness Center, teaches a credit management seminar Feb. 7, 2014, at the 178th Fighter Wing, located at Springfield Air National Guard Base, Ohio. Bailey spoke to new recruits in the 178th Student Flight on the subject of understanding their credit report as part of the Military Saves workshop. Master Sgt. Seth Skidmore, ONG |
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Staff Sgt. Derek Kania, a combat arms training and maintenance instructor, shows new 180th Fighter Wing recruits how to disassemble the bolt of an M-16 rifle during a weapons familiarization class at the wing's security forces facility Feb. 8, 2014, in Swanton, Ohio. In the student flight program, new recruits are educated in concepts like rank, professionalism and military bearing, physical fitness, and marching commands to better prepare them for basic military training. Tech. Sgt. Nic Kuetemeyer, ONG |
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Master Sgt. Edmund Poitinger, a pneudraulics craftsman with the 180th Fighter Wing, performs leak checks and services the hydraulic system after a reservoir replacement on an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a monthly unit training assembly on Feb. 8, 2014, at the unit's base in Swanton, Ohio. Staff Sgt. Shane Hughes, ONG |
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Airman 1st Class Olivia Durant (right), a services specialist with the 121st Air Refueling Wing, serves lunch to a new recruit Feb. 9, 2014, in the flight line hangar at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio during the wing's monthly unit training assembly. The Red Tail Dining Facility on base is currently undergoing extensive renovations and is not expected to reopen until April. Master Sgt. Bill Pierce, ONG |
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Staff Sgt. Richard Leu, a nondestructive inspection technician, prepares a function check on the magnetic particle machine Feb. 9, 2014, at the 180th Fighter Wing in Toledo, Ohio. NDI tests various F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft components to ensure metal parts are void of defects and cracks. Staff Sgt. Amber Williams, ONG |
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Ohio is called the "Mother of Presidents," as eight Ohioans have become the President of the United States, and six of them also were members of the National Guard. Three Ohio National Guard members later were elected president: William McKinley Jr. (from left), James A. Garfield and Rutherford B. Hayes. Ohio Army National Guard |
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Col. Gregory W. Robinette (right), 371st Sustainment Brigade commander and a Bowling Green, Ohio, native, and Command. Sgt. Maj. Scott M. Barga, 371st Sustainment Brigade command sergeant major and a Versailles, Ohio, native, case the brigade colors during a transfer of authority ceremony on Feb. 18, 2014, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The 371st Sus. Bde., based out of Springfield, Ohio, was deployed for nine months to Camp Arifjan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Staff Sgt. Kimberly Hill, ONG |
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U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty (left) receives an Ohio National Guard commemorative print from Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general, following the congresswoman's address as part of an African-American/Black History Month program on Feb. 21, 2014, at the Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio. Beatty spoke of her modest upbringing, later becoming a successful business owner and public servant, and stressed that organizational diversity is best exemplified in institutions like the military, where people of differing backgrounds work together toward achieving common goals. Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pavlik, ONG |
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Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst (left), Ohio adjutant general, presents Col. Peter E. Seaholm with the Defense Superior Service Medal during his retirement ceremony Feb. 22, 2014, at Heritage Golf Club in Hilliard, Ohio. Seaholm, who has more than 38 years of military service including enlisted time as a military policeman and cannon crewman, had been U.S. Property and Fiscal Officer for Ohio since July 2011. Sgt. Jason Nolte, ONG |
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Ivan Tasovac (from left), Serbian minister of culture and information, Igor Jecl, director of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, and Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general, discuss the first U.S. tour of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, scheduled for October 2014, with concerts planned for Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, D.C. and New York. The meeting was in conjunction with the ongoing National Guard State Partnership Program pairing of Ohio and Serbia. Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pavlik, ONG |
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Brig. Gen. John C. Harris Jr. (left), Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, conducts an enlistment oath with Spc. Jennifer K. Strong, signal support system specialist with Company G, 237th Support Battalion in Medina, Ohio. Strong extended her service in the Ohio Army National Guard for six years during the one-day Veterans Resource Fair held on Feb. 24, 2014, at the Gov. John W. Brown Readiness Center. Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pavlik, ONG |
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Col. Jim Jones, commander of the 121st Air Refueling Wing, speaks during a public hearing on Feb. 27, 2014, in Columbus, Ohio. The hearing was held to present a draft of the environmental impact statement developed to analyze the potential impacts associated with placing KC-46A Pegasus refueling aircraft at the 121st ARW, located at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, which is currently an alternate location for consideration to receive the new tanker in the future. Master Sgt. Ralph Branson, ONG |
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The Columbus Blue Jackets conduct a military youth street hockey clinic Feb. 28, 2014, in a hangar at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio. The Blue Jackets provided all the equipment for the clinic, part of the Defending The Blue Line program, which provides military children with free equipment, hockey camps, special events and financial assistance to participate in hockey leagues. Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pavlik, ONG |